Verse Comparison: Isaiah 29:12
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.
Amplified® Bible
And when the book is given to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you, he says, I cannot read.
Contemporary English Version
Others say, "We can't read it, because we don't know how to read."
Darby English Version
And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.
Good News Bible
If you give it to someone who can't read and ask him to read it to you, he will answer that he doesn't know how.
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then the book will be given to the one who is illiterate, saying, "Please read this. And he will say, "I cannot read.""
New International Version
Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, "Read this, please," he will answer, "I don't know how to read."
New King James Version
Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, 'Read this, please.' And he says, 'I am not literate.'
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the book we will give to the one who cannot read, saying, "Please read this." And he will say, "I cannot read."
Revised Standard Version
And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, "Read this," he says, "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.'
