Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.

New American Standard Bible

‘Now hear this, O foolish and senseless people,
Who have eyes but do not see;
Who have ears but do not hear.

King James Version

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Holman Bible

Hear this,
you foolish and senseless people.
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
They have ears, but they don’t hear.

International Standard Version

"Hear this, you foolish and stupid people: They have eyes, but don't see; they have ears, but don't hear.

A Conservative Version

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, who have eyes, and see not, who have ears, and hear not:

American Standard Version

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

Amplified


‘Now hear this, O foolish people without heart,
Who have eyes but do not see,
Who have ears but do not hear.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

Julia Smith Translation

Hear now this, O foolish people, and no heart; eyes to them and they will not see; and ears to them, and they will not hear:

King James 2000

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Hear this please, foolish and {senseless} people, {who have eyes} but do not see, {who have ears} but do not hear.'

Modern King James verseion

Now hear this, O foolish people and without heart; who have eyes and see not; who have ears and hear not;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Hear this, thou foolish and indiscreet people: ye have eyes, but ye see not; ears have ye, but ye hear not.

NET Bible

Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

New Heart English Bible

'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and do not see; who have ears, and do not hear:

The Emphasized Bible

Hear this, I pray you ye people - foolish and without heart, - Eyes, have they, and see not, Ears, have they, and hear not!

Webster

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

World English Bible

'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:

Youngs Literal Translation

Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
סכל 
Cakal 
Usage: 7

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

and see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 21 Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not. 22 Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Cross References

Isaiah 6:9-10

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.

Ezekiel 12:2

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not, which have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee?

John 12:40

He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them.

Acts 28:26

saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.

Romans 11:8

according as it is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this day.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But Jehovah hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

Psalm 94:8

Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Proverbs 17:16

To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 44:18

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.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 5:4

And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.

Hosea 7:11

And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Matthew 13:13-15

For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

Mark 8:18

Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

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