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Deuteronomy 29:4

Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

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ASV

but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

KJV

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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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
נָתַן֩na.Tanhe has givenH5414 →
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לָכֶ֥םla.Khemto <the> you
לֵב֙leva heartH3820 →
לָדַ֔עַתla.Da.'atto knowH3045 →
וְעֵינַ֥יִםve.'ei.Na.yimand eyesH5869 →
לִרְא֖וֹתlir.'otto seeH7200 →
וְאָזְנַ֣יִםve.'a.ze.Na.yimand earsH241 →
לִשְׁמֹ֑עַlish.Mo.a'to hearH8085 →
עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704 →
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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Mark 8:18‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?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.”Mark 4:12so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”Isaiah 6:9–10And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’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.Psalms 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.John 8:43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.Proverbs 20:12Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.2 Timothy 3:7who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.Matthew 13:11–15He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.Isaiah 63:17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.Romans 11:7–10What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,2 Corinthians 3:15And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.Jeremiah 6:10To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.John 12:38–40This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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