Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.
New American Standard Bible
And look, you blind, that you may see.
King James Version
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Holman Bible
Look, you blind, so that you may see.
International Standard Version
"Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see!
A Conservative Version
Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
American Standard Version
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Amplified
Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
Darby Translation
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Julia Smith Translation
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, to see.
King James 2000
Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Deaf people, listen! And blind people, look to see!
Modern King James verseion
Hear, deaf ones; and blind ones look to see.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear, O ye deaf men, and sharpen your sights to see, O ye blind!
NET Bible
"Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
New Heart English Bible
"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye deaf hear! And ye blind look around that ye may see, Who is blind if not my Servant? Or deaf, like, my messenger whom I send?
Webster
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
World English Bible
"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 42:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blind And Deaf Israel
17 They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods. 18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 29:18
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
Exodus 4:11
And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.
Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
Isaiah 43:8
Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.
Mark 7:34-37
And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.
Luke 7:22
And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
Revelation 3:17-18
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.