Parallel Verses
Webster
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.
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;
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 that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Cross References
Daniel 5:6
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Isaiah 6:9-10
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Romans 11:10
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always.
Deuteronomy 28:65-67
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Isaiah 21:3-4
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Isaiah 29:9-10
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? Why 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 fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, 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 that Isaiah said again,
Acts 28:26-27
Saying, Go to 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 should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall be come in.
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were blinded: for until this day the same vail remaineth untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.