Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
New American Standard Bible
Who have
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
you foolish and senseless
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:
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:
Darby Translation
Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.
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
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`ayin
Ra'ah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
20 Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not: 22 Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 6:9-10
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.
Deuteronomy 32:6
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
John 12:40
He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
Acts 28:26
saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
Romans 11:8
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, unto this very day.
Deuteronomy 29:4
but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Psalm 94:8
Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Isaiah 44:18
They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 5:4
Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the 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 law of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 10:8
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Matthew 13:13-15
Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mark 8:18
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?