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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.

That {G2443} seeing {G991} they may see {G991}, and {G2532} not {G3361} perceive {G1492}; and {G2532} hearing {G191} they may hear {G191}, and {G2532} not {G3361} understand {G4920}; lest at any time {G3379} they should be converted {G1994}, and {G2532} their sins {G265} should be forgiven {G863} them {G846}.

so that they may be always looking but never seeing; always listening but never understanding. Otherwise, they might turn and be forgiven!"

so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 6:9 (37 votes)

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

  • Isaiah 6:10 (37 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 44:18 (29 votes)

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

  • Matthew 13:14 (22 votes)

    And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

  • Matthew 13:15 (22 votes)

    For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  • Jeremiah 5:21 (21 votes)

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

  • Deuteronomy 29:4 (18 votes)

    Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.