Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Then said be - Go and say unto this people, - Hear on but do not discern, See on but do not perceive:
New American Standard Bible
He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’
King James Version
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Holman Bible
And He replied:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.
International Standard Version
"Go!" he responded. "Tell this people: ""Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
A Conservative Version
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but do not understand, and see ye indeed, but do not perceive.
American Standard Version
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Amplified
And He said, “Go, and tell this people:
Keep on looking, but do not comprehend.’
Bible in Basic English
And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.
Darby Translation
And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say, Go, and say to this people, Hearing, hear ye, and ye shall not understand; and seeing, see ye, and ye shall not know.
King James 2000
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand not; and see you indeed, but perceive not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said, "Go and say to this people, 'Keep on listening and do not comprehend! And keep on looking and do not understand!'
Modern King James verseion
And He said, Go, and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and seeing you see, but do not know.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And so he said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; ye shall plainly see, and not perceive.
NET Bible
He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't perceive!'
New Heart English Bible
He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.'
Webster
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
World English Bible
He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'
Youngs Literal Translation
And He saith, 'Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.
Themes
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Judicial blindness
Holy spirit » As jehovah of hosts
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Spiritual blindness of the jewish leaders predicted
Prophets » Extraordinary » Specially raised up on occasions of emergency
Interlinear
Yalak
Shama`
Shama`
ראה
Ra'ah
see, look, behold, shew, appear, consider, seer, spy, respect, perceive, provide, regard, enjoy, lo, foreseeth, heed,
Usage: 1308
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 6:9
Images Isaiah 6:9
Prayers for Isaiah 6:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Isaiah's Commission
8 Then heard I the voice of My Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? And I said - Here am I - send me. 9 Then said be - Go and say unto this people, - Hear on but do not discern, See on but do not perceive: 10 Stupefy thou the heart of this people, And their ears, make thou heavy, And their eyes, overspread, - Lest they see with their eyes And with their ears, should hear, And their heart should discern and come back. And they be healed.
Phrases
Cross References
Mark 4:12
They may surely look and yet not see, and surely hear and yet not understand, lest once they should return and it be forgiven them.
Luke 8:10
And, he, said - Unto you, hath it been given, to get to know the sacred secrets of the kingdom of God; but, unto the rest, in parables, - in order that, seeing, they may not see, and, hearing, they may not understand.
Matthew 13:14-15
And, again is being fulfilled in them, the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, - They shall, surely hear, and yet will not understand, and, surely see, and yet not perceive;
Romans 11:8
Even as it is written - God hath given unto them a spirit of stupor, - eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, - until this very day;
Isaiah 43:8
Bring forth A blind people that have, eyes, and A deaf, that have, ears.
John 12:40
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; lest they should see with their eyes, and should understand with their heart, and should turn, - and I should heal them.
Acts 28:26-27
saying - Go thy way unto this people, and say - Ye shall, surely hear, and yet will in nowise understand. And, surely see, and yet will in nowise perceive;
Exodus 32:7-10
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses - Go get thee down, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore My Lord hath said, - Because this people, hath drawn near with their mouth, And with their lips, have honoured me, But their heart, have they moved far from me, And so their reverence of me hath become A commandment of men in which they have been schooled,
Isaiah 30:8-11
Now, enter - Write it upon a tablet before them And upon a scroll, inscribe it, - That it may serve for a later day, For futurity, unto times age-abiding: -
Isaiah 44:18-20
They have not taken note, neither can they perceive, - He hath besmeared - past seeing - their eyes, Past understanding, their hearts;
Jeremiah 15:1-2
Then said Yahweh unto me, Though Moses and Samuel should stand before me, My soul could not be toward this people, - Send them away from before me And let them go forth.
Hosea 1:9
Then said he, Call his name Lo-ammi, - for ye are Lo-ammi "No people of mine" , and, I, will not be yours.