Parallel Verses
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:
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:
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.
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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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 Announce ye this in the house of Jacob, and cause it to be heard in Judah, saying, 21 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: 22 Will ye not fear me? says Jehovah; or will ye not tremble from my face, who set the sand a bound to the sea a law forever, and it shall not pass over it: and its waves shall toss themselves and shall not prevail; and they were put in commotion and shall not pass over it
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 6:9-10
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.
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.
Deuteronomy 32:6
To Jehovah will ye recompense this, A people foolish and not wise? He thy father: did he not buy thee? He made thee, and he will protect thee.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart: lest they see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and should turn back, and I should heal them.
Acts 28:26
Saying, Go to this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and ye should not perceive:
Romans 11:8
(As has been written, God gave them the spirit of mortal pain, eyes not to see, and earn not to hear;) even to this day.
Deuteronomy 29:4
And Jehovah gave not to you an heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, even to this day.
Psalm 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye foolish, when will ye understand?
Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore this a price in the hand of the foolish one to obtain wisdom, and no heart?
Isaiah 27:11
In its harvest being dried up, women shall break it off in coming, illuminating it: for it is a people not understanding: for this he making them will not compassionate them, and he forming them will not have mercy upon them.
Isaiah 44:18
They will not know, and they will not discern: he spread over their eyes from seeing; their heart from considering.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they knew me not; foolish sons are they and they not understanding; wise are they to do evil, and to do good they knew not
Jeremiah 5:4
And I said, Surely, they are weak; they became foolish: for they knew not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 8:7
Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 10:8
And in one they will become brutish, and they will be foolish: the tree itself a correction of vanities.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim will be as an enticed dove, not a heart: they called Egypt, they went to Assur.
Matthew 13:13-15
For this I speak to them in parables: for 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 remember ye not?