Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
For it is: "Do this and do that, do this and do that, Line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there."
New American Standard Bible
‘
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’”
King James Version
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Holman Bible
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there.”
A Conservative Version
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.
American Standard Version
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.
Amplified
“For He says,
‘Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Rule upon rule, rule upon rule,
Here a little, there a little.’”
Bible in Basic English
For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.
Darby Translation
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...
Julia Smith Translation
For precept to precept, precept to precept; line to line, line to line; a little there, a little there:
King James 2000
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [it is] blah-blah upon blah-blah, blah-blah upon blah-blah, gah-gah upon gah-gah, gah-gah upon gah-gah, a little here, a little there.
Modern King James verseion
For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Command that may be commanded, bid that may be bidden, forbid that may be forbidden, keep back that may be kept back, here a little, there a little.
NET Bible
Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there.
New Heart English Bible
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
The Emphasized Bible
For it is - Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, - A little here a little there.
Webster
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
World English Bible
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
Youngs Literal Translation
For rule is on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 28:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Isaiah And The Drunken Prophets Of Judah
9 To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from the breast? 10 For it is: "Do this and do that, do this and do that, Line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there." 11 Very well, then, through the mouths of foreigners and foreign languages the LORD will speak to this people
Cross References
Isaiah 28:13
So, then, the message from the LORD to them will become: "Do this and do that, do this and do that, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there," so that they will go, but fall backward, and be injured, snared, and captured.
Deuteronomy 6:1-6
"Now these are the commands, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land you are entering to possess,
2 Chronicles 36:15-16
The LORD God of their ancestors pleaded with them time and again through his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on the place of his residence,
Nehemiah 9:29-30
You admonished them to return to your Law, but they acted arrogantly, and would not listen to your commands. They sinned against your regulations, which if anyone obeys, he will live by them. They turned away, being stubborn and stiff-necked, and they did not listen.
Isaiah 5:4
What more could I do in my vineyard, that I haven't already done? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield wild ones?
Jeremiah 11:7
For I've diligently warned your ancestors from the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt until now, regularly warning them, saying, "Obey me!"
Jeremiah 25:3-7
"From the thirteenth year of the reign of Ammon's son Josiah, the king of Judah, until the present time, for 23 years this message from the LORD has come to me, and I've spoken to you again and again, but you haven't listened.
Matthew 21:34-41
When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.
Philippians 3:1
So then, my brothers, keep on rejoicing in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you; indeed, it is for your safety.
2 Timothy 3:7
These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth.
Hebrews 5:12
In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.