Parallel Verses
World English Bible
They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
New American Standard Bible
They do not
King James Version
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Holman Bible
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes
and their minds so they cannot understand.
International Standard Version
They don't realize; they don't understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand.
A Conservative Version
They do not know, nor do they consider. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
American Standard Version
They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Amplified
They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.
Bible in Basic English
They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
Darby Translation
They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.
Julia Smith Translation
They will not know, and they will not discern: he spread over their eyes from seeing; their heart from considering.
King James 2000
They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They do not know, and they do not understand, for their eyes [are] besmeared {so that they cannot see}, their {minds} {so that they have no insight}.
Modern King James verseion
They have not known nor understood; for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see; and their hearts so that they cannot understand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet men neither consider nor understand; because their eyes are stopped that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they can not perceive.
NET Bible
They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
New Heart English Bible
They do not know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
The Emphasized Bible
They have not taken note, neither can they perceive, - He hath besmeared - past seeing - their eyes, Past understanding, their hearts;
Webster
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
Themes
spiritual Blindness » Judicially inflicted
Idol » Made of » Wood and stone
Idolatry » Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed
Knowledge » Who has no knowledge
Topics
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Biyn
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 44:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Idolatry Is Ridiculous
17 The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, "Deliver me; for you are my god!" 18 They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand. 19 No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, "I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?"
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 81:12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
Isaiah 29:10
For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
Jeremiah 10:8
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Psalm 92:6
A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:
Proverbs 2:5-9
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."
Isaiah 6:9-10
He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'
Isaiah 44:9
Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don't see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"
Isaiah 45:20
"Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
Isaiah 46:7-8
They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah 56:11
Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
Jeremiah 5:21
'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:
Daniel 12:10
Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
Matthew 12:34
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Matthew 13:14-15
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:
John 5:44
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?
John 8:43
Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
John 12:39-40
For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,
Acts 14:16
who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
Romans 1:21-23
Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
Romans 1:28
Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Romans 11:8-10
According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;