¹²Then the ¹book will be given to the one who ²does not know how to read a book, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I ³do not know how to read a book.”

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1Or scroll
2Lit does not know books
3Lit do not know books

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Or 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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can’t read.”

NLTNew Living Translation

When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don’t know how to read.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And if the document is given to one who does not know how to read, saying, “Read this now!” he says, “I do not know how to read.”

KJV 1900King 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.

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