Romans 11:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν, τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν, καὶ τὸν νῶτον αὐτῶν διὰ παντὸς σύγκαμψον.

Transliteration

Skotisthētōsan the ophthalmoi of them, of the not blepein, and the nōton of them through all sygkampson.

Grammar Details

• *Skotisthētōsan*: aorist passive imperative, 3rd person plural - let be darkened
• *ophthalmoi*: nominative masculine plural - eyes
• *blepein*: present active infinitive - to see
• *nōton*: accusative masculine singular - back
• *sygkampson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - bend down

Word Meanings

• *Skotisthētōsan*: let be darkened/let be blinded
• *ophthalmoi*: eyes/sight
• *blepein*: to see/to perceive
• *nōton*: back/spine
• *sygkampson*: bend down/stoop/bow

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and bend their backs always.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let{G4654} their{G846} eyes{G3788} be darkened,{G4654} that they may{G991} not{G3361} see,{G991} And{G2532} bow thou down{G4781} their{G846} back{G3577} always.{G1275}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let{G4654} their{G846} eyes{G3788} be darkened{G4654}{(G5682)}, that they may{G991} not{G3361} see{G991}{(G5721)}, and{G2532} bow down{G4781}{(G5657)} their{G846} back{G3577} alway{G1275}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Let their eyes be blynded that they se not: and ever bowe doune their backes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let their eyes be blynded that they se not, and euer bowe downe their backes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let their eyes be darkened that they see not, and bowe downe their backe alwayes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let their eyes be blinded yt they see not, & bowe thou downe their backe alway.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  let their eyes be darkened -- not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 69:23 : 23 Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap.
• Isa 51:23 : 23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Bow down so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, like a street for them to walk over.
• Isa 65:12 : 12 I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will bow down to the slaughter, because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.
• Zech 11:17 : 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm wither completely, and his right eye become totally blind.
• Rom 1:21 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
• Rom 11:8 : 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."
• Eph 4:18 : 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.
• 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment,
• 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness has been reserved for them forever.
• Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels who did not stay within their proper domain but abandoned their dwelling, He has kept in eternal chains under darkness for the judgment on the great day.
• Jude 1:13 : 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
• Deut 28:64-68 : 64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. 65 Among those nations, you will find no peace, and no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul. 66 Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be filled with fear night and day, and you will not be sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights your eyes will see. 68 The LORD will bring you back to Egypt in ships, in the way I said you would never see again. There, you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.