Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.
New American Standard Bible
And make their
King James Version
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Holman Bible
and let their loins continually shake.
International Standard Version
May their eyes be blinded and may their bodies tremble continuously.
A Conservative Version
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and {bow down their back (LXX/NT)} continually.
American Standard Version
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
Amplified
May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness].
Bible in Basic English
Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.
Julia Smith Translation
Their eyes shall be darkened from seeing, and cause their loins to waver always.
King James 2000
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let their eyes be dark so they cannot see, and make their loins continually tremble.
Modern King James verseion
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; and make their loins shake without ceasing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow down their backs.
NET Bible
May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!
New Heart English Bible
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent.
The Emphasized Bible
Let their eyes become too dim to see, And, their loins, continually cause thou to shake;
Webster
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
World English Bible
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent.
Youngs Literal Translation
Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.
Themes
spiritual Blindness » Judicially inflicted
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
22 Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap; 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.
Cross References
Daniel 5:6
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Isaiah 6:9-10
And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.
Romans 11:10
let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back alway.
Deuteronomy 28:65-67
And among these nations shalt thou have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul.
Isaiah 21:3-4
Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
Isaiah 29:9-10
Be astounded and astonished, blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see, whether a male doth travail with child? Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail; and all faces are turned into paleness?
Matthew 13:14-15
and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
John 12:39-40
On this account they could not believe, because Esaias said again,
Acts 28:26-27
saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.
Romans 11:25
For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.