KJV King James Version
His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
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Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
WEB World English Bible
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can’t bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
ASV American Standard Version
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Blind are his watchmen—all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 56
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12 Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
צֹפָ֞יוH6822 · tsa.phahto watchעִוְרִ֤יםH5787 · iv.verblindכֻּלָּם֙H3605 · kolallלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיָדָ֔עוּH3045 · ya.dato knowכֻּלָּם֙H3605 · kolallכְּלָבִ֣יםH3611 · ke.levdogאִלְּמִ֔יםH483 · il.lemmuteלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיוּכְל֖וּH3201 · ya.kholbe ableלִנְבֹּ֑חַH5024 · na.vachto barkהֹזִים֙H1957 · ha.zahto dreamשֹֽׁכְבִ֔יםH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downאֹהֲבֵ֖יH157 · a.havto love: loverלָנֽוּם׃H5123 · numto slumber
Cross-references
Isaiah 29:10For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.Ezekiel 33:6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take [any] person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.Mark 13:34-37[For the Son of man is] as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.Nahum 3:18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell [in the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth [them].Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.Hosea 9:7-8The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know [it]: the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual man [is] mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.Proverbs 24:30-34I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.Ezekiel 3:15-18Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.Luke 6:39-40And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?Ezekiel 13:16[To wit], the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and [there is] no peace, saith the Lord GOD.Proverbs 6:4-10Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.Isaiah 52:8Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.Matthew 23:16-26Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!Jeremiah 23:13-14And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.Jonah 1:2-6Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
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