For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it].
KJV
Hebrew original
כִּֽי קָצַ֥ר הַ/מַּצָּ֖ע מֵֽ/הִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ וְ/הַ/מַּסֵּכָ֥ה צָ֖רָה כְּ/הִתְכַּנֵּֽס
Louis Segond 1910
Le lit sera trop court pour s'y étendre, Et la couverture trop étroite pour s'en envelopper.
KJV
For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it].
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
is engrossed in some undue worship, he cannot at the same time give due worship to God, according to Is. 28:20, "The bed is straitened, so that one must fall out," i.e. either the true God or a false god must fall out from man's heart, "and a short covering cannot cover both." On…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark
eted, narrowness, and signifies Judaea, to which the Lord said, “For the bed is grown too narrow,” [ Isa 28:20 ] and from which He turns Himself to the Gentiles. Sidon means, hunting, for our race is like an untamed beast, and “sea”, which means a wavering inconstancy. Again, the…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)
non una ambobus sufficiat? Non est pallium breve, quod, secundum prophetam, non possit operire duos (Isai. XXVIII, 20) . [Col. 1073B] Justitia tua, justitia in aeternum (Psal. CXVIII, 142) . Quid longius aeternitate? Et te pariter et me operiet largiter larga et aeterna justitia…
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