KJV 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.
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Isaiah 29:12
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
WEB 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.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 29
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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וְנִתַּ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveהַסֵּ֗פֶרH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentעַל֩H5921 · aluponאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיָדַ֥עH3045 · ya.dato knowסֵ֛פֶרH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentלֵאמֹ֖רH559 · a.marto sayקְרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toנָא־H4994 · napleaseזֶ֑הH2088 · zehthisוְאָמַ֕רH559 · a.marto sayלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיָדַ֖עְתִּיH3045 · ya.dato knowסֵֽפֶר׃ סH5612 · se.pherscroll: document
Cross-references
John 7:15-16And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.Jeremiah 5:4Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.Isaiah 28:12-13To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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