Isaiah 29:12 “Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cann…”

Isaiah 29:12

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

World English Bible

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”

American Standard Version

and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the booke is giuen vnto him that can not reade, saying, Reade this, I pray thee. And he shall say, I can not reade.

Darby Translation

And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.

Young's Literal Translation

And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, 'Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, 'I have not known books.'

Bible in Basic English

And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

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Cross references

“I am not”

Isaiah 29:18 Jeremiah 5:4 Hosea 4:6 Isaiah 28:12 Isaiah 28:13 John 7:15

Isaiah 29:18 · BSB

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

Jeremiah 5:4 · BSB

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Hosea 4:6 · BSB

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Isaiah 28:12 · BSB

to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.

Isaiah 28:13 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captu…

John 7:15 · BSB

The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

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