Isaiah 42:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!”
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BSBPD
“Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Isaiah 42:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Proverbs 20:12Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
- Isaiah 29:18On 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 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
- Isaiah 43:8Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
- Mark 7:34And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
- Luke 7:22So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- Revelation 3:17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
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