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Romans 11:10

8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
KJV
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
WEB
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
ASV
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
DARBY
let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back alway.
BLB
May their eyes be darkened not to see, and their backs bent over through all [time].”
ÅB
La øynene deres bli formørket, så de ikke ser, og bøy alltid deres rygg!»
OTB
Måtte deres øyne bli formørket så de ikke kan se,
og deres rygg bli bøyd stadig."
B1930
la deres øine bli formørket, så de ikke ser, og bøi alltid deres rygg!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 69:23

    Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:64–68

    And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

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  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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  • Romans 11:8

    (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

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  • Romans 1:21

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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  • 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:

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  • Zechariah 11:17

    Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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  • Jude 1:6

    And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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