Acts 28:26

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    saying,{G3004} Go{G4198} thou unto{G4314} this{G5126} people,{G2992} and{G2532} say,{G2036} By hearing{G189} ye shall{G4920} hear,{G191} and{G2532} shall{G4920} in no{G3756} wise{G4920} understand;{G4920} And{G2532} seeing{G991} ye shall see,{G991} and{G2532} shall in no{G3756} wise perceive:{G1492}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, Go{G4198}{(G5676)} unto{G4314} this{G5126} people{G2992}, and{G2532} say{G2036}{(G5628)}, Hearing{G189} ye shall hear{G191}{(G5692)}, and{G2532} shall{G4920} not{G3364} understand{G4920}{(G5655)}; and{G2532} seeing{G991}{(G5723)} ye shall see{G991}{(G5692)}, and{G2532} not{G3364} perceive{G1492}{(G5632)}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    sayinge: Goo vnto this people and saye: with youre eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstonde: and with youre eyes shall ye se and shall not perceave.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & sayde: Go vnto this people, and saye: With eares ye shal heare, & not vnderstode: & with eyes shal ye se, & not perceaue.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    saying, 'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’ 10 Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed."
  • Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as my dedicated one, or as blind as the servant of the LORD? 20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.' 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 "So that, 'Though they see, they may see and not perceive; and though they hear, they may hear and not understand; otherwise they might turn back and be forgiven.'
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And He said, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to others, I speak in parables so that, ‘Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
  • Deut 29:4 : 4 I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not wear out on you, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet.
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, I will again do extraordinary things with this people, with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise will perish, and the understanding of their discerning will vanish.
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 So I also will choose harsh punishments for them and bring on them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not listen. Instead, they did what was evil in My eyes and chose what I did not delight in.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
  • Ezek 3:6-7 : 6 You are not sent to many peoples with unintelligible speech or difficult tongues whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me. The entire house of Israel is hard-headed and stubborn-hearted.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
  • John 12:38-40 : 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."
  • Rom 11:8-9 : 8 As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." 9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them." 10 "Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Mark 8:17-18 : 17 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, 'Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you still not understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?' 18 Do you have eyes and not see, and ears and not hear? And do you not remember?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 13:13-18
    6 verses
    89%

    13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

    14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

    15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.

    16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

    17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

    18 So listen to the parable of the sower.

  • Isa 6:9-10
    2 verses
    88%

    9 And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

    10 Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed."

  • Acts 28:27-28
    2 verses
    86%

    27 For this people's heart has grown calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.'

    28 Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!

  • Mark 4:12-13
    2 verses
    82%

    12 "So that, 'Though they see, they may see and not perceive; and though they hear, they may hear and not understand; otherwise they might turn back and be forgiven.'

    13 He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

  • John 12:38-41
    4 verses
    79%

    38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

    39 This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

    40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."

    41 Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

  • Jer 5:21
    78%

    21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • Mark 8:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, 'Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you still not understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?'

    18 Do you have eyes and not see, and ears and not hear? And do you not remember?

  • Isa 42:18
    77%

    18 Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, that you may see!

  • Rom 11:8
    76%

    8 As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day."

  • Isa 42:20
    76%

    20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.

  • Rom 15:21
    75%

    21 Rather, as it is written: 'Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.'

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    75%

    21 In the Law it is written: 'By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,' says the Lord.

  • Ezek 3:6
    74%

    6 You are not sent to many peoples with unintelligible speech or difficult tongues whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

  • Isa 44:18
    74%

    18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand.

  • Isa 28:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people.

    12 To whom He said, 'This is the place of rest—give rest to the weary; this is the place of repose’—but they would not listen.

  • Acts 28:25
    74%

    25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: 'The Holy Spirit was right in speaking to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:'

  • Matt 11:15
    74%

    15 He who has ears, let him hear.

  • Mark 8:21
    74%

    21 Then he said to them, 'Do you still not understand?'

  • Deut 29:4
    74%

    4 I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not wear out on you, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet.

  • Luke 8:10
    74%

    10 And He said, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to others, I speak in parables so that, ‘Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

  • Matt 13:9
    73%

    9 Let anyone who has ears listen.

  • Jer 7:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27 When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer you.

    28 So you shall say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept discipline; truth has perished and is cut off from their lips.'

  • Isa 32:3
    73%

    3 The eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.

  • John 10:6
    73%

    6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

  • Mark 4:9
    72%

    9 Then Jesus said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

  • Luke 9:45
    72%

    45 But they did not understand what this meant; it was hidden from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

  • Jer 6:10
    72%

    10 To whom can I speak and give warning so they will listen? Their ears are closed, and they cannot pay attention. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they take no pleasure in it.

  • Luke 18:34
    72%

    34 The disciples understood none of this. The meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what he was saying.

  • Luke 17:23
    72%

    23 People will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them.

  • Matt 15:10
    72%

    10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

  • Mark 7:16
    72%

    16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Isa 29:11
    72%

    11 The entire vision is to you like the words of a sealed book. If it is given to one who can read and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they respond, 'I cannot, for it is sealed.'

  • Isa 33:19
    72%

    19 You will no longer see the arrogant people, a people of obscure speech you cannot understand, of stammering tongue that you cannot comprehend.

  • Rom 10:16
    72%

    16 But not all have obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our message?'

  • Mark 4:23
    71%

    23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.

  • Isa 29:18
    71%

    18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.