Psalms 69:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
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“May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 69:23 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
- Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
- Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
- Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
- Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
- John 12:39For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
- Acts 28:26‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
- Romans 11:10May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
- Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
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