28:19 28:19

Isaiah 28:20

28:21 28:21

Bible Versions

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].
For the bed {H4702} is shorter {H7114} than that a man can stretch {H8311} himself on it: and the covering {H4541} narrower {H6887} than that he can wrap {H3664} himself in it.
For, [as the saying goes,] "The bed is too short for a person to stretch, and the blanket too narrow [to protect him from cold] even if he crams himself in."
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
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.
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