Protestantism
English
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:1
- must be: or, hath been
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.
For rule is on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,
For [it is] precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...
For precept must be vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line vnto line, line vnto line, there a litle, and there a litle.
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.
For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little:
For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.
For they hear:1 “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line;2 a little here, a little there.”
- Or For He says; or For it is; literally For
- Or Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; Hebrew sav lasav sav lasav kav lakav kav lakav (possibly meaningless sounds to demonstrate an inability to understand); also in verse 13
For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little.
For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For it is blah-blah upon blah-blah, blah-blah upon blah-blah, gah-gah upon gah-gah, gah-gah upon gah-gah,1 a little here, a little there.
- In this context, the Hebrew expressions tsaw-tsaw and qaw-qaw are likely meant to sound like baby talk, but they could mean “command upon command” and “rule upon rule”
For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little;
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Command upon command, command upon command, A little here, and a little there."
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:1
- must be: or, hath been.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For it is—Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line,—A little here a little there.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:1
- must be: or, hath been
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Catholicism
English
For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; a little there, a little there.