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Holman Bible
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk,
they stagger,
New American Standard Bible
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They
They stagger, but not with strong drink.
King James Version
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
International Standard Version
"Act stupid! Be astonished! Act blind, and be blind! Be drunk, but not from wine; stagger around, but not from strong drink.
A Conservative Version
Tarry ye and wonder, take your pleasure and be blind. They are drunken, but not with wine. They stagger, but not with strong drink.
American Standard Version
Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Amplified
Stop and take some time and wonder [at this prophecy],
Blind yourselves and be blinded [at its fulfillment by your spiritual incompetence].
They are drunk, but not from wine;
They stagger, but not from strong drink.
Bible in Basic English
Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.
Darby Translation
Be astounded and astonished, blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Julia Smith Translation
Linger ye, and wonder; delight yourselves, and be ye blinded; they were drunken and not with wine; they reeled and not with strong drink.
King James 2000
Stop, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be astonished and be amazed! Blind yourselves and be blinded! They are drunk but not [from] wine; they stagger but not [from] strong drink.
Modern King James verseion
Stand still and wonder! Blind your eyes and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ponder these things once in your mind, and wonder: Blinded are they themselves, and the blind guides of others; they are drunken, but not with wine; they are unstable, but not through strong drink.
NET Bible
You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.
New Heart English Bible
Pause and wonder. Blind yourselves and be blind. They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
The Emphasized Bible
Stand ye stock still and stare, Besmear your eyes and be blind, - They are drunken but not with wine, They reel, but not with strong drink;
Webster
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
World English Bible
Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Youngs Literal Translation
Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 29:9
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Disregarded Warnings
8
then wakes and is still hungry;
and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,
then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.
So it will be for all the many nations
who go to battle against Mount Zion.
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk,
they stagger,
an overwhelming urge to
He has shut your eyes—the prophets,
and covered your heads—the seers.
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Cross References
Isaiah 51:21-22
and drunken one—but not with wine.
Isaiah 19:14
The leaders have made Egypt stagger in all she does,
as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.
Isaiah 1:2
for the Lord has spoken:
“I have raised children
but they have rebelled against Me.
Isaiah 22:12-13
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Isaiah 28:7-8
and stumble under the influence of beer:
priest and prophet stagger because of beer,
they are confused by wine.
They stumble because of beer,
they are muddled in their visions,
they stumble in their judgments.
Isaiah 29:10
an overwhelming urge to
He has shut your eyes—the prophets,
and covered your heads—the seers.
Isaiah 33:13-14
you who are near,
Isaiah 49:26
and they will be drunk with their own blood
as with sweet wine.
Then all flesh will know
that I, Yahweh, am your Savior,
and your Redeemer,
Isaiah 51:17
Stand up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk the cup of His fury
from the hand of the Lord;
you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs—
the cup that causes people to stagger.
Jeremiah 2:12
be shocked and utterly appalled.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 23:9
Concerning the prophets:
and all my bones tremble.
I have become like a drunkard,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord,
because of His holy words.
Jeremiah 25:27
“Then you are to say to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Drink,
Jeremiah 51:7
making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore, the nations go mad.
Lamentations 4:21
שׂ Sin
you resident of the land of Uz!
Yet the cup
you will get drunk and expose yourself.
Habakkuk 1:5
be utterly astounded!
For something is taking place in your days
that you will not believe
when you hear about it.
Matthew 26:45
Then He came to the disciples and said to them,
Mark 14:41
Then He came a third time and said to them,
Acts 13:40-41
So beware that what is said in the prophets does not happen to you:
Revelation 17:6
Then I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the saints and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.