Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Hear, you deaf; look, you blind, and see! New Living Translation “Listen, you who are deaf! Look and see, you blind! English Standard Version Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see! Berean Standard Bible Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see! King James Bible Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. New King James Version “Hear, you deaf; And look, you blind, that you may see. New American Standard Bible Hear, you who are deaf! And look, you who are blind, so that you may see. NASB 1995 Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see. NASB 1977 Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see. Legacy Standard Bible Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see. Amplified Bible Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see. Christian Standard Bible “Listen, you deaf! Look, you blind, so that you may see. Holman Christian Standard Bible Listen, you deaf! Look, you blind, so that you may see. American Standard Version Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Hear, deaf men, and perceive and see, blind men! Brenton Septuagint Translation Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see. Contemporary English Version You people are deaf and blind, but the LORD commands you to listen and to see. Douay-Rheims Bible Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see. English Revised Version Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. GOD'S WORD® Translation Listen, you deaf people. Look, you blind people, so that you can see. Good News Translation The LORD says, "Listen, you deaf people! Look closely, you that are blind! International Standard Version "Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see! JPS Tanakh 1917 Hear, ye deaf, And look, ye blind, that ye may see. Literal Standard Version You deaf, hear; and you blind, look to see. Majority Standard Bible Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see! New American Bible You deaf ones, listen, you blind ones, look and see! NET Bible "Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones! New Revised Standard Version Listen, you that are deaf; and you that are blind, look up and see! New Heart English Bible "Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. Webster's Bible Translation Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. World English Bible “Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. Young's Literal Translation Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel is Deaf and Blind18Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see! 19Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?… Cross References Isaiah 29:18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see. Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Treasury of Scripture Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see. ye deaf Isaiah 29:18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. Isaiah 43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. Exodus 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Jump to Previous Blind Deaf Ear Ears Eyes Hear Open ShutJump to Next Blind Deaf Ear Ears Eyes Hear Open ShutIsaiah 42 1. The office of Christ, graced with meekness and constancy.5. God's promise unto him. 10. An exhortation to praise God for his Gospel 13. God will manifest himself, and check idolatry 18. He reproves the people of incredulity. (18) Hear, ye deaf . . .--The words form the beginning of a new section. The prophet feels or sees that the great argument has not carried conviction as it ought to have done. The people to whom Jehovah speaks through him are still spiritually blind and deaf, and that people is ideally the servant of the Lord (Isaiah 41:8), in whom the pattern of the personal servant ought to have been reproduced. (Comp. John 9:39-41.)Verses 18-25. - ADDRESS TO CAPTIVE ISRAEL, CALLING UPON THEM TO TURN TO GOD, AND REMINDING THEM THAT THEY HAVE DESERVED THEIR AFFLICTIONS. By some critics the earlier verses of this passage (vers. 19-21) are regarded as having reference to the "Servant of the Lord" depicted in vers. 1-7, and as calling on the captive Jews to consider his voluntary humiliation, and the object of it. But this view seems to be strained. It requires "deaf" and "blind' to be taken in completely different senses in the two consecutive verses, 18 and 19. Probably Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne are right in taking the whole passage of captive Israel, and especially of that "outer circle" which was least deserving of God's favour and most open to rebuke and reproach. These "blind" and "deaf" ones are warned that it is high time for them to unclose their eyes and open their ears, and are reminded that all their recent and present sufferings arise from their former "blindness" and disobedience. Verse 18. - Hear, ye deaf. The "deaf" are not absolutely without hearing, nor the "blind" absolutely without sight. They can "hear" and "see," if they choose to do so. When they do not see, it is because they "wink with their eyes" (Matthew 13:15); when they do not hear, it is because, like the deaf adder, they "stop their ears" (Psalm 58:4). This, at any rate, is the case with the majority. There may be some who have deadened their moral vision altogether, and have no longer any "ears to hear." God, however, addresses the mass of Israel as still possessed of moral discernment, if they will but use it, and calls upon them to wake up out of sleep - to "hear" and "see." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Listen,שְׁמָ֑עוּ (šə·mā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently you deaf, הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים (ha·ḥê·rə·šîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2795: Deaf and look, הַבִּ֥יטוּ (hab·bî·ṭū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard you blind, וְהַעִוְרִ֖ים (wə·ha·‘iw·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5787: Blind that you may see. לִרְאֽוֹת׃ (lir·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7200: To see Links Isaiah 42:18 NIVIsaiah 42:18 NLT Isaiah 42:18 ESV Isaiah 42:18 NASB Isaiah 42:18 KJV Isaiah 42:18 BibleApps.com Isaiah 42:18 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 42:18 Chinese Bible Isaiah 42:18 French Bible Isaiah 42:18 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 42:18 Hear you deaf and look you blind (Isa Isi Is) |
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