Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let their eyes be dark so they cannot see, and make their loins continually tremble.
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.
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.
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 before them be a trap, and their [times of] peace a snare. 23 Let their eyes be dark so they cannot see, and make their loins continually tremble. 24 Pour out your indignation on them, and let your burning anger overtake them.
Cross References
Daniel 5:6
Then his face changed and his thoughts terrified him, and {his hip joints gave way} and {his knees knocked together}.
Isaiah 6:9-10
And he said, "Go and say to this people, 'Keep on listening and do not comprehend! And keep on looking and do not understand!'
Romans 11:10
let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and cause their backs to bend {continually}."
Deuteronomy 28:65-67
And among these nations you shall not find rest, and [there] shall not be a resting place for the sole of your foot, and Yahweh shall give you there an anxious heart and a weakening of eyes and a languishing of [your] inner self.
Isaiah 21:3-4
Therefore my loins are filled [with] anguish; pangs have seized me, like [the] pangs of a woman giving birth. I am {too bent to hear}, I am {too dismayed to see}.
Isaiah 29:9-10
Be astonished and be amazed! Blind yourselves and be blinded! They are drunk but not [from] wine; they stagger but not [from] strong drink.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask please and see whether a male can bear a child. Why [do] I see every strong man [with] his hands on his loins like a woman giving birth? And [why] are all [their] faces changed to paleness?
Matthew 13:14-15
and with reference to them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says, "{You will listen carefully} and will never understand, and {you will look closely} and will never perceive.
John 12:39-40
For this [reason] they were not able to believe, because again Isaiah said,
Acts 28:26-27
saying, 'Go to this people and say, "{You will keep on hearing} and will never understand, and {you will keep on seeing} and will never perceive.
Romans 11:25
For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise {in your own sight}, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were hardened. For until this very day, the same veil remains upon the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered, because it is done away with in Christ.