Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Who is blind except my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like the one committed to me, or blind like the LORD's servant?
New American Standard Bible
Or so deaf as My
Who is so blind as he that is
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
King James Version
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
Holman Bible
or deaf like My messenger I am sending?
Who is blind like My dedicated one,
or blind like the servant of the Lord?
A Conservative Version
Who is blind, but my servant, or deaf, as my messenger that I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace [with me], and blind as LORD's servant?
American Standard Version
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace with me , and blind as Jehovah's servant?
Amplified
Who is blind but My servant [Israel],
Or deaf like My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [in a covenant relationship],
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
Bible in Basic English
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?
Darby Translation
Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he in whom I have trusted, and blind as Jehovah's servant,
Julia Smith Translation
Who blind but my servant? and deaf as my messenger I shall send? who blind he being perfect? and blind as the servant of Jehovah?
King James 2000
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? who is blind as he who is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who [is] blind but my servant or deaf like my messenger [whom] I sent? Who [is] blind like the one who is repaid or blind like the servant of Yahweh?
Modern King James verseion
Who is blind but My servant? Or deaf, as My messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he who is perfect, and blind as Jehovah's servant?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But who is blinder, than my servant? Or so deaf, as my messengers, whom I send unto thee? For who is so blind as the perfect man, and so blind as the LORD's servant?
NET Bible
My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the Lord, is truly blind.
New Heart English Bible
Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as the LORD's servant?
The Emphasized Bible
Who is, blind, like an intimate friend? Or blind like the Servant of Yahweh?
Webster
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
World English Bible
Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?
Youngs Literal Translation
Who is blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?
Interlinear
Shalach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 42:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blind And Deaf Israel
18 "Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see! 19 Who is blind except my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like the one committed to me, or blind like the LORD's servant? 20 You've seen many things, but you pay no attention. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:21
"Hear this, you foolish and stupid people: They have eyes, but don't see; they have ears, but don't hear.
Ezekiel 12:2
"Son of Man, you live in a rebellious house that has eyes to see, but they can't see, and ears to hear, but they can't hear, since they're a rebellious house.
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.
Isaiah 6:9
"Go!" he responded. "Tell this people: ""Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Isaiah 26:3
You will keep perfectly peaceful the one whose mind remains focused on you, because he remains in you.
Isaiah 29:9-14
"Act stupid! Be astonished! Act blind, and be blind! Be drunk, but not from wine; stagger around, but not from strong drink.
Isaiah 41:8
"But as for you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I've chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham
Isaiah 44:26
who carries out the words of his servants, and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, "It will be inhabited," and of Judah's cities, "They will be rebuilt," and of her ruins, "I'll raise them up";
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!
Jeremiah 4:22
"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They're stupid children, they have no understanding. They're skilled at doing evil, but how to do good, they don't know."
Matthew 13:14-15
"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,
Matthew 15:14-16
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."
Matthew 23:16-24
"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'
Mark 8:17-18
Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you understand or perceive yet? Are your hearts hardened?
John 7:47-49
Then the Pharisees replied to them, "You haven't been deceived, too, have you?
John 9:39
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."
John 9:41
Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, "We see,' your sin still exists."
John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."
Romans 2:17-23
Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the Law, and boast about God,
Romans 11:7-10
What, then, does this mean? It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened.
Romans 11:25
For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.
2 Corinthians 3:14-15
However, their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil is still there when they read the old covenant. Only in union with the Messiah is that veil removed.