Isaiah 29:12 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when the book is given to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you, he says, I cannot read.

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

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

And when the scroll is given to one who can’t read, saying, “Read this,” that one will say, “I can’t read.”

But if the book is given to someone who does not know how to read, and it is said to him, "Read," then he will respond, "I do not know how to read."