Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.

King James Version

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Holman Bible

Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
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.

Darby Translation

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

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.

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

22 Let their table become a snare before them, and that which should have been for their prosperity, let it become a stumbling block. 23 May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.


Cross References

Daniel 5:6

Then the king became pale, and his thoughts troubled him, and the girdings of his loins were unloosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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.

Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

Deuteronomy 28:65-67

Neither shalt thou find rest among these Gentiles, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest; but there the LORD shall give thee a trembling heart and failing of eyes and sorrow of soul;

Isaiah 21:3-4

Therefore my loins are filled with pain; pangs have taken hold upon me as the pangs of a woman that travails; I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

Isaiah 29:9-10

Become ye dumb, and make others dumb; become ye blind, and blind others: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

Jeremiah 30:6

Ask now, and see whether the man doth travail with child? for I have seen that every man has his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail; and all faces have turned pale.

Matthew 13:14-15

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive;

John 12:39-40

Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again,

Acts 28:26-27

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

Romans 11:25

For I would not, brethren, that ye ignore this mystery, that ye not be arrogant regarding yourselves: that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles are come in.

2 Corinthians 3:14

(And thus their senses became hardened, for until this day remains the same veil not uncovered in the reading of the old testament, which veil is taken away in Christ.

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