KJV King James Version
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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Isaiah 42:18
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
WEB World English Bible
“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
ASV American Standard Version
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 42
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods.
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD’S servant?
20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.
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Isaiah 43:8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.Mark 7:34-37And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.Proverbs 20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.Luke 7:22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.Exodus 4:11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?Revelation 3:17-18Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
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