Deuteronomy 29:4
2 Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
3 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
5 For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
- KJV
- Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
- WEB
- But the LORD has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
- ASV
- but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
- DARBY
- But Jehovah hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
- BLB
- And YHWH has not given to you⁺ a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this day.
- ÅB
- men like til denne dag har Herren ikke gitt dere hjerte til å forstå eller øyne til å se eller ører til å høre med.
- OTB
- Men til denne dag har Herren ikke gitt dere et sinn som forstår, eller øyne som ser, eller ører som hører.
- B1930
- men like til denne dag har Herren ikke gitt eder hjerte til å forstå eller øine til å se eller ører til å høre med.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:9–10
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Read in contextProverbs 20:12
Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
Read in contextJohn 8:43
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
Read in contextMatthew 13:11–15
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:17
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:15
And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
Read in contextRomans 11:7–10
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
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