Isaiah 28:20
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Bed Cover Covered Covering Enough Gathereth Narrow Narrower One's Oneself Short Shorter Small Stretch Stretched Wide Wrap
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Bed Cover Covered Covering Enough Gathereth Narrow Narrower One's Oneself Short Shorter Small Stretch Stretched Wide Wrap
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English Standard Version
For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.

New American Standard Bible
The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and its cover too small to wrap up in.

International Standard Version
because the bed is too short to stretch out on, and its blankets too narrow to wrap around oneself!

NET Bible
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The bed is too short to stretch out on. The blanket is too narrow to serve as a cover.

King James 2000 Bible
For the bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself upon: and the covering narrower than he can wrap himself in.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering can- not cover both.

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

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

Young's Literal Translation
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.
Lexicon
For the bed
matstsa`  (mats-tsaw')
a couch -- bed.
is shorter
qatsar  (kaw-tsar')
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
than that a man can stretch
sara`  (saw-rah')
to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members -- stretch out self, (have any) superfluous thing.
himself on it and the covering
maccekah  (mas-say-kaw')
a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)
narrower
tsarar  (tsaw-rar')
to cramp, literally or figuratively
than that he can wrap
kanac  (kaw-nas')
to collect; hence, to enfold -- gather (together), heap up, wrap self.
himself in it
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