Parallel Verses
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!'
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.
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.'
The Emphasized Bible
Then said be - Go and say unto this people, - Hear on but do not discern, See on 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 I heard [the] voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "I [am] here! Send me!" 9 And he said, "Go and say to this people, 'Keep on listening and do not comprehend! And keep on looking and do not understand!' 10 Make the heart of this people insensitive, and make its ears unresponsive, and shut its eyes so that it may not look with its eyes and listen with its ears and comprehend [with] its mind and turn back, and it may be healed [for] him."
Phrases
Cross References
Mark 4:12
so that '{they may look closely} and not perceive, and {they may listen carefully} and not understand, lest they turn and it be forgiven them.'"
Luke 8:10
And he said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [they are] in parables, so that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
Matthew 13:14-15
and with reference to them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says, "{You will listen carefully} and will never understand, and {you will look closely} and will never perceive.
Romans 11:8
just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, until this very day."
Isaiah 43:8
Bring out [the] people blind yet with eyes, and deaf, though they have ears.
John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they see with [their] eyes and understand with [their] hearts and turn, and I heal them."
Acts 28:26-27
saying, 'Go to this people and say, "{You will keep on hearing} and will never understand, and {you will keep on seeing} and will never perceive.
Exodus 32:7-10
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, go down because your people behave corruptly, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with its mouth, and with its lips it honors me, and its heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,
Isaiah 30:8-11
Now go, write it on a tablet with them, and inscribe it on a scroll, {that} it may be {for the time to come}, forever, forever.
Isaiah 44:18-20
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}.
Jeremiah 15:1-2
Then Yahweh said to me, "[Even] if Moses and Samuel stood {before me}, my heart [would] not [be] to this people. Send [them] away from my {sight}, and let them go out.
Hosea 1:9
And he said, "{Name him} Lo-ammi, for you [are] not my people and I am not your [God].