Psalms 69:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

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  • Dan 5:6 : 6 Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser. 10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
  • Jer 30:6 : 6 Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?
  • Rom 11:10 : 10 Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
  • 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.
  • Deut 28:65-67 : 65 And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul: 66 Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain: 67 In the morning you will say, If only it was evening! And at evening you will say, If only morning would come! Because of the fear in your hearts and the things which your eyes will see.
  • Isa 21:3-4 : 3 For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see. 4 My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
  • Isa 29:9-9 : 9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink. 10 For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
  • John 12:39-40 : 39 For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

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    24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

    25 Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.

    26 Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

    27 Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

    28 Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

  • Rom 11:9-10
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    9 And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:

    10 Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

  • Ps 83:16-17
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    16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.

    17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

  • Ps 35:6
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    6 Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.

  • Lam 3:64-66
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    64 You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.

    65 You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.

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    7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

    8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

  • Job 12:25
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    25 They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

  • Job 3:4-5
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    4 That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

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    10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

  • Jer 18:21-23
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    21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

    22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

    23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

  • Ps 73:7
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    7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

  • Ps 70:2-3
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    2 Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

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  • Ps 40:14-15
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    14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

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    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

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    19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

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    34 So that the things which your eyes have to see will send you out of your minds.

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    15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

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    15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

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    7 Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

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    10 Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

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    18 Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.

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    13 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.

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    10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.

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    28 He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear:

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    25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

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    16 Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?

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    12 For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

  • Jer 18:16
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    16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

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    4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

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    6 At their coming the people are bent with pain: all faces become red together.

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    12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,