Verse Comparison: Isaiah 28:20
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.
Amplified® Bible
For [they will find that] the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself on and the covering too narrow for him to wrap himself in. [All their sources of confidence will fail them.]
Contemporary English Version
Your bed is too short, your blanket too skimpy.
Darby English Version
For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
Good News Bible
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.
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.
New American Standard Bible
The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.
New International Version
The bed is too short to stretch out on,
the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.
New King James Version
For the bed is too short to stretch out on,
And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The bed remains too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket seems too small to wrap oneself in.
Revised Standard Version
For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.
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.
