Isaiah 6:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said,{H559} Go,{H3212} and tell{H559} this people,{H5971} Hear{H8085} ye indeed,{H8085} but understand{H995} not; and see{H7200} ye indeed,{H7200} but perceive{H3045} not.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, and tell{H559}{(H8804)} this people{H5971}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye indeed{H8085}{(H8800)}, but understand{H995}{(H8799)} not; and see{H7200}{(H8798)} ye indeed{H7200}{(H8800)}, but perceive{H3045}{(H8799)} not.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And so he sayde: go, and tel this people: ye shall heare in dede, but ye shal not vnderstonde, ye shal planely se, and not perceaue.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he sayd, Go and tell this people: Heare in deede, yet vnderstande not, ye shall playnely see, and yet perceaue not.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, But don't understand; And you see indeed, But don't perceive.'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive. 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.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
  • John 12:40 : 40 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.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
  • Isa 43:8 : 8 Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
  • Rom 11:8 : 8 According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day.
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive. 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.
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • Isa 30:8-9 : 8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and document it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
  • Exod 32:7-9 : 7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once; for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a molten calf, have worshiped it, have sacrificed to it, and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'" 9 The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people. 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 Then the LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says the LORD; Those for death, to death; and those for the sword, to the sword; and those for the famine, to the famine; and those for the captivity, to the captivity.
  • Hos 1:9 : 9 Then God said, Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not My people, and I will not be your God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26 saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive.

    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.

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    10 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.

  • Matt 13:13-16
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    83%

    13 This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

    14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive.

    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.

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

  • Jer 5:20-21
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    20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

    21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

  • Isa 6:8
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    8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

    13 And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?

  • Ezek 3:4-6
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    4 And he said to me, Son of man, go, get yourself to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

    5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange language and hard speech, but to the house of Israel;

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    18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.

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    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.

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    20 Seeing many things, but you do not observe; opening the ears, but he does not hear.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17 And when Jesus knew it, he said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still hardened?

    18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

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    39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again,

    40 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.

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    6 This parable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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    18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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    17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.

    18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

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    21 And he said to them, How is it that you do not understand?

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    9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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    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.

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    12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I am not learned.

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    4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

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    10 And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:

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    15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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    6 For the Lord has said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.

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    9 And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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    6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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    6 They have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell;

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    8 Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

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    16 And Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding?

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

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