Isaiah 29:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned, and one shall say to him, Read this; and he shall say, I am not learned.

Darby Translation ☆

And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And the book shall be given to one that knoweth no letters, and it shall be said to him: Read: and he shall answer: I know no letters.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And the booke is giuen vnto him that can not reade, saying, Reade this, I pray thee. And he shall say, I can not reade.

Noyes Bible ☆

Or, if he give it to one that is not skilled in writing, Saying, “Read this, I pray thee,” He answereth, “I am not skilled in writing.”

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And the book is then delivered to one that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned, and one shall say to him, Read this; and he shall say, I am not learned.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned, and one shall say to him, Read this; and he shall say, I am not learnt.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned, and one shall say to him, Read this; and he shall say, 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.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, 'Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, 'I have not known books.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And the sefer is delivered to him that with the sefer has no da'as, saying, Read this, now; and he saith, I cannot read this. With sefer I have no da'as.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

أَوْ يُدْفَعُ ٱلْكِتَابُ لِمَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ: «ٱقْرَأْ هَذَا». فَيَقُولُ: «لَا أَعْرِفُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

စာ​မ​ဖတ်​တတ်​သူ​ကို​အ​ဖတ်​ခိုင်း​လျှင်​လည်း ထို​သူ​က``အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​အ​ဘယ်​သို့​ဖတ်​ရ​မည် မ​သိ​ပါ'' ဟု​ဆို​လိမ့်​မည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ထိုစာကို စာ မ တတ် သောသူ အား ပေး ၍၊ ဤ စာ ကိုဘတ် ပါလော့ဟု ဆို လျှင်၊ ထိုသူက၊ ငါသည် စာ မ တတ် ဟုပြန်ပြော တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To ca to ca amtuk ai kami khaeah na paek moe, Tahmenhaih hoi hae ca hae kroek ah, tiah na naa: to naah anih mah, Ca ka kroek thai ai, tiah thuih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Cabu te cabu aka ming pawt taengah a paek tih, “Tae dae he,” a ti nah hatah, “Ca ka ming moenih,” a ti.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Cabu te cabu aka ming pawt taengah a paek tih, “Tae dae he,” a ti nah hatah, “Ca ka ming moenih,” a ti.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

又将这书卷交给不识字的人，说：「请念吧！」他说：「我不识字。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

又將這書卷交給不識字的人，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不識字。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

又把书交给不识字的人，说：“请读这个。”他说：“我不识字。”

Croatian Bible ☆

A dade li se kome tko ne zna čitati govoreći: “Čitaj to!” - on će odvratiti: “Ne znam čitati.”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Pakli dadí knihu tomu, kterýž nezná písma, řkouce: Èti ji medle, tedy dí: Neznám písma.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

og giver man den til en, som ikke kan læse, og siger: “Læs!” så svarer han: “Jeg kan ikke læse.”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Of men geeft het boek aan een, die niet lezen kan, zeggende: Lees toch dit; en hij zegt: Ik kan niet lezen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Of men geeft het boek iemand, die niet leest, En zegt: ge moet het eens lezen; Dan antwoordt hij: Ik kan niet lezen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Sed kiam oni donas la libron al homo, kiu ne povoscias legi, dirante al li: Volu legi ĉi tion, li respondas: Mi ne povoscias legi.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

et on donne le livre à celui qui ne sait pas lire, en disant : Lis ceci, je te prie ; et il dit : Je ne sais pas lire.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ou qu'on donnerait à un homme ne sachant pas lire, en lui disant: Lis ceci! et qui répondrait: Je ne sais pas lire.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ou comme un livre que l’on donne A un homme qui ne sait pas lire, en disant: Lis donc cela! Et qui répond: Je ne sais pas lire.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

puis le livre est donné à un homme qui n'est pas instruit, en lui disant : « Lis ceci, je te prie » ; et il répond : « Je ne sais pas lire. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

und man gibt die Schrift einem, der nicht lesen kann, indem man sagt: Lies doch dieses! Er aber sagt: Ich kann nicht lesen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

oder gleich als wenn man's gäbe dem, der nicht lesen kann, und spräche: Lies doch das! und er spräche: Ich kann nicht lesen.

German Textbibel ☆

Übergiebt man aber das Buch einem, der sich nicht auf Geschriebenes versteht, mit der Aufforderung: Lies das einmal! so versetzt: Ich verstehe mich nicht auf Geschriebenes!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wenn man aber das Buch einem gibt, der nicht lesen kann, und zu ihm sagt: Lies das! so spricht er: Ich kann nicht lesen!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ δοθήσεται τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπου μὴ ἐπισταμένου γράμματα, καὶ ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· ἀνάγνωθι τοῦτο· καὶ ἐρεῖ· οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι γράμματα.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

καὶ δοθήσεται τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπου μὴ ἐπισταμένου γράμματα, καὶ ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ, ἀνάγνωθι τοῦτο· καὶ ἐρεῖ, οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι γράμματα.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè ou pote l' bay yon moun ki pa konn li pou ou mande l' li l' pou ou, l'ap reponn ou li pa konn li.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

A haawiia ka buke i ka mea ike ole i ka palapala, me ka olelo aku, Ke nonoi aku nei au ia oe, e heluhelu i keia; A i mai hoi oia, Aole au i ike i ka palapala.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְנִתַּ֣ן הַסֵּ֗פֶר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יָדַ֥ע סֵ֛פֶר לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי סֵֽפֶר׃ ס

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ונתן הספר על אשר לא ידע ספר לאמר קרא נא זה ואמר לא ידעתי ספר׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Non posso, perchè è suggellato. Ovvero, come se si dessero lettere ad uno che non sapesse leggere, dicendo gli: Deh! leggi questo; il quale dicesse: Io non so leggere .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ovvero come uno scritto che si desse ad uno che non sa leggere, dicendogli: “Ti prego, leggi questo!” il quale risponderebbe: “Non so leggere”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

また、その書物を文字の読めない者に渡して、「どうか、これを読んでください」と言うと、その人は「文字を読むことができません」と答える。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

또 무식한 자에게 주며 이르기를 그대에게 청하노니 이를 읽으라 하면 대답하기를 나는 무식하다 할 것이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kowos fin sang nu sin sie mwet su nikin rit ac siyuk elan riti nu suwos, el ac topuk mu, “Nga nikin rit.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et dabitur liber nescienti litteras, diceturque ei: Lege; et respondebit: Nescio litteras.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و آن طومار را به کسی‌که خواندن نداند داده، می‌گوینداین را بخوان و او می‌گوید خواندن نمی دانم.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

e o livro é entregue a alguém que não é instruído, dizendo: “Leia isto, por favor”; e ele diz: “Não sei ler.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E quando se dá o livro a alguém que não saiba ler, dizendo: Lê isto, por favor; Esse dirá: Não sei ler.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi cartea este dată unui neînvăţat, spunând: Citeşte-o, te rog; iar el spune: Nu sunt învăţat.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Сау дакэ дай картя унуя каре ну штие сэ читяскэ ши-й зичь: „Я читеште!”, ел рэспунде: „Ну штиу сэ читеск.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И передают книгу тому, кто читать не умеет, и говорят: “прочитай ее”; и тот отвечает: “я не умею читать”.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ili da daju knjigu onom koji ne zna čitati govoreći: Čitaj to; a on reče: Ne znam čitati.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Или да дају књигу оном који не зна читати говорећи: Читај то; а он рече: Не знам читати.

Mashi Bible ☆

Lêro banalushumbîriza omuntu orhish’isoma, bamubwîre, mpu: «Somaga»; ci anashuza, erhi: «Ntish’isoma».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y si se diere el libro al que no sabe leer, diciéndole: Lee ahora esto; él dirá: No sé leer.

Spanish BLL ☆

Y si le dan el libro a alguien que no sabe leer, diciéndole: “Lee esto, por favor”, él dirá: “No sé leer”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y si se da el libro al que no sabe leer, diciéndole: «Lee ahora esto», él dirá: «No sé leer».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y si le dan a uno que no sabe leer, diciendo: Aclaran lo que hay en el libro: y él dice: No se leer.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Luego se da el rollo al que no sabe leer y se le dice: Lee ahora esto. Y él responde: No sé leer.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea ʻoku ʻatu ʻae tohi kiate ia ʻoku ʻikai poto, ʻo pehē, ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke lau ʻae meʻa ni: pea ʻoku ne pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai te u poto.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І передають її такому, що не вміє читати, та й кажуть: „прочитай її‟; то й же відказує: „я читати не вмію‟.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І передають її такому, що не вміє читати, та й кажуть: „прочитай її‟; то й же відказує: „я читати не вмію‟.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

hoặc đưa cho người không biết đọc, mà rằng: Xin đọc sách nầy! thì nó rằng: Tôi không biết đọc.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְנִתַּ֣ן הַסֵּ֗פֶר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יָדַ֥ע סֵ֛פֶר לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי סֵֽפֶר׃ ס