Parallel ISA 28:20

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BSB Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
 ⇔ and the blanket too small to wrap around you.

OEB For the bed is too short for a man to stretch out in,
 ⇔ the cover too narrow to wrap himself round.

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

WMB (Same as above)

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

LSV For the bed has been shorter
Than to stretch one’s self out in,
And the covering has been narrower
Than to wrap one’s self up in.

FBV The bed is too short so you can't stretch out; the blanket is too narrow so you can't cover yourself.

T4T You have heard people say, “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it;
 ⇔ your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!”
 ⇔ That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you.

LEB  • [fn] and the covering is too narrow when wrapping oneself.

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BBE For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

ASV 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.

DRA For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.

YLT For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one's self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one's self up in.

Drby For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.

RV 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.

Wbstr 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 .

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 For the bed is shorter, then that a man can stretch himselfe on it: and the couering narrower, then that he can wrap himselfe in it.
   (For the bed is shorter, then that a man can stretch himself on it: and the couering narrower, then that he can wrap himself in it.)

Bshps For the bed is narrowe and not large, and the couering so small that a man can not winde him selfe vnder it.
   (For the bed is narrowe and not large, and the couering so small that a man cannot wind himself under it.)

Gnva For the bed is streight that it can not suffice, and the couering narowe that one can not wrappe himselfe.
   (For the bed is streight that it cannot suffice, and the couering narowe that one cannot wrappe himself.)

Cvdl For ye bedde shalbe so narow yt a ma ca not lye vpon it. And the coueringe to small, that a ma maye not wynde him self therin.
   (For ye/you_all bed shall be so narow it a man ca not lye upon it. And the coueringe to small, that a man may not wind him self therin.)

Wyc Forsothe the bed is streit, so that the tother falle doun; and a schort mentil schal not hile euer either.
   (Forsothe the bed is streit, so that the tother fall down; and a schort mentil shall not hile ever either.)

Luth Denn das Bett ist so enge, daß nichts übrig ist, und die Decke so kurz, daß man sich drein schmiegen muß.
   (Because the Bett is so enge, that nothing left-over is, and the Decke so kurz, that man itself/yourself/themselves threen schmiegen muß.)

ClVg Coangustatum est enim stratum, ita ut alter decidat; et pallium breve utrumque operire non potest.
   (Coangustatum it_is because stratum, ita as alter decidat; and pallium breve utrumque operire not/no potest.)

BrTr ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered.

BrLXX Μάθετε ἀκούειν στενοχωρούμενοι· Οὐ δυνάμεθα μάχεσθαι, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀσθενοῦμεν τοῦ ὑμᾶς συναχθῆναι.
   (Mathete akouein stenoⱪōroumenoi; Ou dunametha maⱪesthai, autoi de asthenoumen tou humas sunaⱪthaʸnai.)