Isaiah 28:20 - Revised Version 1885 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For [they will find that] the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself on and the covering too narrow for him to wrap himself in. [All their sources of confidence will fail them.] American Standard Version (1901) For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. Common English Bible The bed is too short to stretch out, and the shroud is too narrow to cover oneself. Catholic Public Domain Version For the bed has been narrowed, so much so that one alone would fall out, and the short blanket is not able to cover two. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the bed is straitened so that one must fall out: and a short covering cannot cover both. |