Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't 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.
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 I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?" I answered, "Here I am, send me!" 9 He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't perceive!' 10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed."
Phrases
Cross References
Mark 4:12
so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven."
Luke 8:10
He said, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.
Matthew 13:14-15
And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
Romans 11:8
as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day."
Isaiah 43:8
Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!
John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them."
Acts 28:26-27
when he said, 'Go to this people and say, "You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.
Exodus 32:7-10
The Lord spoke to Moses: "Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.
Isaiah 29:13
The sovereign master says, "These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
Isaiah 30:8-11
Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.
Isaiah 44:18-20
They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
Jeremiah 15:1-2
Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!
Hosea 1:9
Then the Lord said: "Name him 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God."