Isaiah 28:20 - Common English Bible

The bed is too short to stretch out, and the shroud is too narrow to cover oneself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For [they will find that] the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself on and the covering too narrow for him to wrap himself in. [All their sources of confidence will fail them.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For the bed has been narrowed, so much so that one alone would fall out, and the short blanket is not able to cover two.