Isaiah 29:12
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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.Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
In other translations
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
Hebrew words
וְנִתַּןvenitanand it is givenH5414הַסֵּפֶרhaseferthe scrollH5612עַל'altoH5921אֲשֶׁר'asher[one] whoH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָדַעyada'he knowsH3045סֵפֶרseferwritingH5612לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559קְרָאkera'read aloudH7121נָא־na'-pleaseH4994זֶהzehthisH2088וְאָמַרve'amarand he saysH559לֹאlo'notH3808יָדַעְתִּיyada'tiI knowH3045סֵפֶר׃ סseferwritingH5612
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Related verses
- John 7:15-1615 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?” 16 “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
- Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- Jeremiah 5:4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
- Isaiah 28:12-1312 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.12 to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen. 13 Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
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