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 before them become a snare. Let it become retribution and a trap. 23 May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.
24 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

Cross References

Daniel 5:6

Then the king's countenance (appearance) changed in him. His thoughts troubled him. The joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.

Isaiah 6:9-10

He said: Go and tell this people: 'Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.'

Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always. (Psalm 69:23)

Deuteronomy 28:65-67

You will find no peace among those nations. There will be no place to call your own. There Jehovah will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair.

Isaiah 21:3-4

What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain. My hips are full of pain and convulsions like that of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 29:9-10

Stand still and wonder. Refuse to see and be blind. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine.

Jeremiah 30:6

Ask now and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?

Matthew 13:14-15

The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled. 'By hearing, you shall hear, and shall in no way understand. By seeing you shall see, and shall in no way perceive.

John 12:39-40

Isaiah revealed the reason they could not believe:

Acts 28:26-27

He said, Go and say to this people, 'You will listen and listen, but not understand. You will look and look, but not see.

Romans 11:25

I do not want you to be ignorant of this secret, lest you should be wise in your own conceits (estimation). Blindness has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations comes in.

2 Corinthians 3:14

Their minds were blinded. Until this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It is not revealed to them that Christ voided it.

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