Mark 4:12
so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
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ASV
that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
KJV
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἵνα | ina | so that | G2443 → |
| βλέποντες | blepontes | Looking | G991 → |
| βλέπωσιν | blepōsin | they may look | G991 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| ἴδωσιν | idōsin | they may perceive | G1492 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἀκούοντες | akouontes | hearing | G191 → |
| ἀκούωσιν | akouōsin | they may hear | G191 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| συνιῶσιν | suniōsin | they may understand | G4920 → |
| μήποτε | mēpote | otherwise | G3361 →G4218 → |
| ἐπιστρέψωσιν | epistrepsōsin | they may turn | G1994 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἀφεθῇ | aphethēa | may be forgiven | G863 → |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them’ | G846 → |
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