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 and publish it in Judah, saying, 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 ye not fear me? saith the LORD; will ye not tremble at my presence, who placed the sand for the bound of the sea by an eternal order, which cannot be broken? Storms shall raise themselves up, yet they shall not prevail; their waves shall roar, yet they shall not pass over it.



Cross References

Isaiah 6:9-10

Then he said, Go and tell this people, Hear indeed, but do not understand; and see indeed, but do not perceive.

Ezekiel 12:2

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

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do ye thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not thy father that has possessed thee? He made thee and established thee.

John 12:40

He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes nor understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them.

Acts 28:26

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

Romans 11:8

(according as it is written, God has given them the spirit of anguish, eyes with which they do not see and ears with which they do not hear) unto this day.

Deuteronomy 29:4

Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear until today.

Psalm 94:8

Understand, ye carnal ones among the people, and, ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Proverbs 17:16

Of what good is the price to buy wisdom in the hand of the fool, seeing he has no heart to understand?

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: women shall come and set them on fire: for this is not a people of understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour.

Isaiah 44:18

They did not know nor understand; for he has anointed their eyes that they not see and their hearts that they not understand.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people are foolish; the ignorant sons with no understanding have not known me; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 5:4

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they have become foolish; for they do not know the way of the LORD nor the judgment of their God.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the heaven knows her appointed time; and the turtle dove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people did not know the judgment of the LORD.

Jeremiah 10:8

But they shall become altogether carnal and foolish. The stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim also was like a deceived dove, without understanding; they shall call to Egypt, they shall go to Assyria.

Matthew 13:13-15

Therefore, I speak 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?

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