Deuteronomy 29:4
2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye 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
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Read in contextIsaiah 6:9–10
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Read in contextProverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Read in contextJohn 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Read in contextMatthew 13:11–15
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:17
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:15
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
Read in contextRomans 11:7–10
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
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