KJV King James Version
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
WEB World English Bible
but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
ASV American Standard Version
but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 29
1 These [are] the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I [am] the LORD your God.
7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotנָתַן֩H5414 · na.tanto give: giveיְהוָ֨הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלָכֶ֥םH9036 · khemyouלֵב֙H3820 · levheartלָדַ֔עַתH3045 · ya.dato knowוְעֵינַ֥יִםH5869 · a.yineyeלִרְא֖וֹתH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְאָזְנַ֣יִםH241 · o.zenearלִשְׁמֹ֑עַH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearעַ֖דH5704 · adtillהַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּֽה׃H2088 · zehthis
Cross-references
Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:Isaiah 6:9-10And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.Proverbs 20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.John 8:43Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.Isaiah 63:17O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, [and] hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.Matthew 13:11-15He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.Ezekiel 36:26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.Romans 11:7-10What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded2 Corinthians 3:15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.John 12:38-40That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?James 1:13-17Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:Acts 28:26-27Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:2 Thessalonians 2:10-12And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as [appeareth] this day.2 Timothy 2:25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
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