For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself. ¹ 

biblegateway Isa 28:20

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

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

The bed is too short to stretch out on. The blanket is too narrow to serve as a cover.

biblegateway Isa 28:20

The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.

For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.

bibleoremus Isa 28:20

For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.

As the saying goes: “The bed is too short for a person to stretch, and the blanket too narrow for a cover.”

biblegateway Isa 28:20

For the bed is too short to stretch out on , And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it .

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].

biblegateway Isa 28:20

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself. ¹ 

¹ sn The bed and blanket probably symbolize their false sense of security. A bed that is too short and a blanket that is too narrow may promise rest and protection from the cold, but in the end they are useless and disappointing. In the same way, their supposed treaty with death will prove useless and disappointing.