John 12:40

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

"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."

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    He hath blinded{G5186} their{G846} eyes,{G3788} and{G2532} he hardened{G4456} their{G846} heart;{G2588} {G2443} Lest{G3361} they should{G1492} see{G1492} with{G3788} their eyes,{G3788} and{G2532} perceive{G3539} with{G2588} their heart,{G2588} And{G2532} should turn,{G1994} And{G2532} I should heal{G2390} them.{G846}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    He hath blinded{G5186}{(G5758)} their{G846} eyes{G3788}, and{G2532} hardened{G4456}{(G5758)} their{G846} heart{G2588}; that{G3363} they should{G1492} not{G3363} see{G1492}{(G5632)} with their eyes{G3788}, nor{G2532} understand{G3539}{(G5661)} with their heart{G2588}, and{G2532} be converted{G1994}{(G5652)}, and{G2532} I should heal{G2390}{(G5667)} them{G846}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    he hath blinded their eyes and hardened their hertes that they shuld not se with their eyes and vnderstonde with their hertes and shuld be converted and I shuld heale the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He hath blynded their eyes, and hardened their hert, that they shulde not se with the eyes, ner vnderstonde with the hert, & shulde be conuerted, and he shulde heale them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He hath blynded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, & lest they should vnderstande with their hearte, & should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, Lest they should see with their eyes, And perceive with their heart, And would turn, And I would heal them."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 6:10 : 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."
  • Matt 13:13-15 : 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.
  • 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.’
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us down, but He will bind us up.
  • Hos 14:4 : 4 Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride on horses. We will no longer call what we have made with our hands 'our gods.' In you the orphan finds mercy.
  • 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 57:18-19 : 18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to them and to those who mourn for them. 19 Creating praise on the lips: Peace, peace, to those far and near, says the LORD. And I will heal them.
  • Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your waywardness. 'Here we are,' they reply, 'for you are the LORD our God.'
  • Josh 11:20 : 20 For it was the LORD's purpose to harden their hearts to engage in battle with Israel, so that they would be utterly destroyed, receiving no mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Ps 6:2 : 2 LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath.
  • Ps 41:4 : 4 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his illness.
  • Ps 147:3 : 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
  • Ps 135:10-18 : 10 He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings— 11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan. 12 He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to His people Israel. 13 Your name, LORD, endures forever, Your fame through all generations. 14 For the LORD will judge His people and have compassion on His servants. 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 16 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see. 17 They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them will become like them; so will all who trust in them.
  • 1 Kgs 22:20 : 20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One suggested this, and another suggested that.
  • Exod 4:21 : 21 The LORD said to Moses, 'When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.'
  • Exod 7:3 : 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 7:13 : 13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
  • Exod 14:4 : 4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them. But I will use Pharaoh and his whole army to demonstrate my glory, so that the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” The Israelites did as they were instructed.
  • Exod 14:8 : 8 The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.
  • Exod 14:17 : 17 I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so they will pursue them. I will gain glory through Pharaoh, his entire army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • Ezek 14:9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is I, the LORD, who have deceived that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
  • 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.
  • Isa 53:5 : 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are healed.
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, Your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; the fire reserved for Your enemies will consume them.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
  • Mark 6:52 : 52 for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.
  • 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?
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
  • John 9:39 : 39 Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.'
  • Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent, therefore, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away.
  • Acts 28:26 : 26 'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'
  • Rom 9:18 : 18 So then, he has mercy on whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.
  • Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened. 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." 11 Again I ask, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone turns them back, 20 let them know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save their soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
  • Acts 15:3 : 3 Having been sent on their way by the church, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    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.

  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26 'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

    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.'

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    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?

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    37 Though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him.

    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:

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    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."

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

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    39 Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.'

    40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this and asked, 'Are we also blind?'

    41 Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

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    52 for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.

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    10 "Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."

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    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?

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    16 But their eyes were restrained, so they did not recognize him.

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

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    14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

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    18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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    16 He warned them not to make Him known.

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    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.

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    30 Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the mute, the crippled, and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.

    31 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

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    4 For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.

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    11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear.

    12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.

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    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.

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    26 Then they asked him, 'What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?'

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

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    5 Looking around at them with anger and deeply distressed at the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

  • Luke 9:45
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    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.

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    21 At that very time, Jesus healed many people of diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.

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    45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

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    11 'This came from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes.'