Isaiah 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 

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."

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."

biblegateway Isa 29:12

When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, "Sorry, we don’t know how to read."

biblegateway Isa 29:12

And if you give it to someone who can't read and tell him, "Read this," he'll say, "I can't read."

SABDAweb Isa 29:12

And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

bibleoremus Isa 29:12

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

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.”