Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read ¹  and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.” ² 

biblegateway Isa 29:12

Then the book will be given to the one who is illiterate, saying, "Please read this." And he will say, "I cannot read."

And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it, he will say, "I can't read."

Then you give the book to someone who can’t read, saying, "Please read this." He answers, "I can’t read."

biblegateway Isa 29:12

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."

And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot read."

bibleoremus Isa 29:12

And if it is given to those who cannot read, saying, "Read this," they say, "We cannot read."

Give it to one who cannot read and say, “Pray read this”; he will answer, “I cannot read.”

biblegateway Isa 29:12

Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, "Read this, please." And he says, "I am not literate."

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

biblegateway Isa 29:12

Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read ¹  and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.” ² 

¹ tn Heb “and if the scroll is handed to one who does not know a scroll.”

² tn Heb “I do not know a scroll.”