Parallel Verses

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:

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

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; proclaim it in Judah: 21 ‘Now hear this, O foolish and senseless people,
Who have eyes but do not see;
Who have ears but do not hear.
22 Do you not fear me? declares the LORD. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

Cross References

Isaiah 6:9-10

And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'

Ezekiel 12:2

"Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?

John 12:40

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."

Acts 28:26

"'Go to this people, and say, You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.

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, down to this very day."

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.

Psalm 94:8

Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.

Isaiah 44:18

They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

Jeremiah 4:22

"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'--in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, "These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.

Matthew 13:13-15

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Mark 8:18

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

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