Isaiah 29:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he said, I am not learned.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he said, I am not learned.
American Standard Version (ASV)
and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
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.
Webster's Revision
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
World English Bible
and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't read."
English Revised Version (ERV)
and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Barnes's Isaiah 29:12 Bible Commentary
And the book is delivered ... - That is, they are just as ignorant of the true nature and meaning of the revelations of God as a man is of the contents of a book who is utterly unable to read.
Wesley's Isaiah 29:12 Bible Commentary
29:12 Of all - Of all, your prophets. As a book - In which no man can read, while it is sealed up, as books then sometimes were, being made in the form of rolls. Delivered - Unsealed and opened.
