Compare Translations for Isaiah 28:20

20 Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and its cover too small to wrap up in.

20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.

20 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.

20 There will be no place where you can rest, nothing to hide under.

20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.

20 The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.

20 For the bed is too short to stretch out on, And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.

20 The bed you have made is too short to lie on. The blankets are too narrow to cover you.

20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.

20 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.

20 For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.

20 The bed is too short to stretch out, and the shroud is too narrow to cover oneself.

20 The bed is too short to stretch out, and the shroud is too narrow to cover oneself.

20 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."

20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.

20 You will be like the person in the proverb, who tries to sleep in a bed too short to stretch out on, with a blanket too narrow to wrap himself in.

20 You will be like the person in the proverb, who tries to sleep in a bed too short to stretch out on, with a blanket too narrow to wrap himself in.

20 The bed is too short to stretch out on. The blanket is too narrow to serve as a cover.

20 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.

20 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.

20 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.

20 For the bed is too short {to stretch out on}, and the covering is [too] narrow when wrapping oneself.

20 You will be like the person who tried to sleep on a bed that was too short and with a blanket that was too narrow to wrap around himself.

20 You will be like someone whose bed is too short to lie down on. You will be like those whose blankets are too small to wrap themselves in.

20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.

20 For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.

20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.

20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.

20 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.

20 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.

20 coangustatum est enim stratum ita ut alter decidat et pallium breve utrumque operire non potest

20 coangustatum est enim stratum ita ut alter decidat et pallium breve utrumque operire non potest

20 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].

20 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.

20 Forsooth the bed is strait, so that the tother fall down; and a short mantle shall not cover ever either. (For the bed is too short, so that no one can stretch out on it; and the blanket is too small, so that no one can be covered by it.)

20 For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one's self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one's self up in.