Romans 11:10
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 may not see, and bow down their back alway.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“let their eyes be darkened--not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 11:10 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Psalms 69:23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
- Isaiah 51:23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
- Isaiah 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Zechariah 11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd,who deserts the flock!May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm be completely witheredand his right eye utterly blinded!”
- Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Romans 11:8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
- Ephesians 4:18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:17These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
- Jude 1:6And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
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