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 Domain
ASVPD

“Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 42:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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?
  2. Proverbs 20:12Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
  3. 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.
  4. Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
  5. Isaiah 43:8Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
  6. Mark 7:34And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
  7. 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.
  8. 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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