Isaiah 6:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Harden the harte of this people, stoppe their eares, and shut their eyes, that they se not wt their eyes, heare not with their eares, and vnderstonde not with their hartes, and conuerte and be healed.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Make the heart of this people fatte, make their eares heauie, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their hearts, and conuert, and he heale them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Harden the heart of this people, stop their eares, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and conuert and be healed.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Make the heart of this people fat; Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn again, and be healed."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For this people's heart has become callous; 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.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
  • Acts 28:27 : 27 For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, so that I should heal them.
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you have grown fat, you have grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
  • Ps 119:70 : 70 Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in Your law.
  • Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O LORD, why have you made us to stray from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
  • Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear.
  • Ezek 3:6-9 : 6 Not to many people of a strange language and hard speech, 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 listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hardhearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 Like an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: do not fear them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 10 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. 11 And go, get to those of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they refuse.
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
  • Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Isa 19:22 : 22 The LORD shall smite Egypt; He shall smite and heal it, and they shall return to the LORD. He shall be entreated by them and shall heal them.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered.
  • Exod 7:3 : 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 10:27 : 27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
  • Exod 11:10 : 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
  • Exod 14:17 : 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will gain honor over Pharaoh, and over all his host, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
  • Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as appears this day.

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    26saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive.

    27For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, so that I should heal them.

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    15For this people's heart has become callous; 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.

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