New International Version (NIV)
12Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”
Isaiah 29:12
Isaiah 29:12 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
12Then the 29:12 Or scrollbook will be given to the one who 29:12 Lit does not know booksis illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I 29:12 Lit do not know bookscannot read.”
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
12Then the book will be given to the one who is illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I cannot read.”
Amplified Bible (AMP)
12Then the book will be given to the one who cannot read, saying, “Read this, please.” And he will say, “I cannot read.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
12Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
12Or suppose you give the scroll to someone who can’t read. And suppose you say, “Please read this for us.” Then they’ll answer, “I don’t know how to read.”