New International Version (NIV)
11For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.”
Isaiah 29:11
Isaiah 29:11 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
11The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed 29:11 Or scrollbook, which, when they give it to the one who 29:11 Lit knows booksis literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
11The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
Amplified Bible (AMP)
11The entire vision [of all these things] will be to you like the words of a scroll that is sealed, which they give to one who can read, saying, “Read this, please,” he shall say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
11For you, this whole vision is like words that are sealed up in a scroll. Suppose you give it to someone who can read. And suppose you say, “Please read this for us.” Then they’ll answer, “I can’t. It’s sealed up.”