Parallel Verses

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.

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;

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 Preach this unto the house of Jacob, and cry it out in Judah, and say thus, 21 "Hear this, thou foolish and indiscreet people: ye have eyes, but ye see not; ears have ye, but ye hear not. 22 Fear ye not me, sayeth the LORD? Are ye not ashamed, to look me in the face? Which bind the sea with the sand, so that it cannot pass his bounds: for though it rage, yet can it do nothing; and though the waves thereof do swell, yet may they not go over.

Cross References

Isaiah 6:9-10

And so he said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; ye shall plainly see, and not perceive.

Ezekiel 12:2

"Thou son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a froward household: which have eyes to see, and yet see not; ears have they to hear, and yet hear they not. For they are an obstinate household.

Deuteronomy 32:6

"Dost thou so reward the LORD? O foolish nation and unwise. Is not he thy father and thine owner? Hath he not made thee and ordained thee?

John 12:40

"He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts: that they should not see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted and I should heal them."

Acts 28:26

saying, 'Go unto this people and say: with your ears shall ye hear, and shall not understand: and with your eyes shall ye see and shall not perceive.

Romans 11:8

according as it is written, "God hath given them the spirit of unquietness: eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, even unto this day."

Deuteronomy 29:4

And yet the LORD hath not given you a heart to perceive, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear unto this day.

Psalm 94:8

Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand?

Proverbs 17:16

What helpeth it to give a fool money in his hand, whereas he hath no mind to buy wisdom?

Isaiah 27:11

Their harvest shall be burnt; their wives, which were their beauty when they came forth, shall be defiled. For it is a people without understanding, and therefore he that created them, shall not favour them; and he that made them, shall not be merciful to them.

Isaiah 44:18

Yet men neither consider nor understand; because their eyes are stopped that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they can not perceive.

Jeremiah 4:22

"Nevertheless this shall come upon them because my people is become foolish, and hath utterly no understanding. They are the children of foolishness, and without any discretion. To do evil, they have wit enough: but to do well, they have no wisdom."

Jeremiah 5:4

Therefore thought I in myself, "Peradventure they are so simple and foolish, that they understand nothing of the LORD's way, and judgments of our God.

Jeremiah 8:7

The Stork knoweth her appointed time; the Turtledove, the Swallow and the Crane consider the time of their travail: but my people will not know the time of the punishment of the LORD.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are altogether unlearned and unwise. All their cunning is but vanity:

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim is like a dove, that is beguiled, and hath no heart. Now call they upon the Egyptians, now go they to the Assyrians:

Matthew 13:13-15

Therefore speak I to them in similitudes: For though they see, they see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither understand.

Mark 8:18

Have ye eyes and see not? And have ye ears and hear not? Do ye not remember?

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