Therefore shall the word of the LORD be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah 28:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it is [His prophets repeating over and over]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little. American Standard Version (1901) For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. Common English Bible It is “tsav letsav, tsav letsav; qav leqav, qav leqav,” a little of this, a little of that. Catholic Public Domain Version So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there. |
Therefore shall the word of the LORD be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but for you it is safe.
For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.