Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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:
Interlinear
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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 sound ye it in Judah, saying, 21 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. 22 Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 6:9-10
And He saith, 'Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, in the midst of the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious house are they.
Deuteronomy 32:6
To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.
John 12:40
'He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'
Acts 28:26
saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,
Romans 11:8
according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,
Deuteronomy 29:4
and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,
Psalm 94:8
Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Proverbs 17:16
Why is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
Isaiah 27:11
In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it is not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.
Isaiah 44:18
They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.
Jeremiah 5:4
And I -- I said, 'Surely these are poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 8:7
Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 10:8
And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities is the tree itself.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- to Asshur they have gone.
Matthew 13:13-15
'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
Mark 8:18
Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?