Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

let their eyes be darkened -- not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'

New American Standard Bible

Let their eyes be darkened to see not,
And bend their backs forever.”

King James Version

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

Holman Bible

Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent continually.

International Standard Version

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and keep their backs forever bent."

A Conservative Version

Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.

American Standard Version

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

Amplified


Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see,
And make their backs bend [under their burden] forever.”

An Understandable Version

Let their eyes become [spiritually] dim so they cannot see, and may their backs always bend [i.e., under heavy burdens]."

Anderson New Testament

let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and let them bow down their back always.

Bible in Basic English

Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.

Common New Testament

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever."

Daniel Mace New Testament

let their eyes be darkned, so as not to see, and let their back be continually bowed down."

Darby Translation

let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back alway.

Godbey New Testament

and let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

Goodspeed New Testament

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; Make their backs bend forever under their burden!"

John Wesley New Testament

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

Julia Smith Translation

Let their eyes be darkened not to see, and let them bend their back always.

King James 2000

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

Lexham Expanded Bible

let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and cause their backs to bend {continually}."

Modern King James verseion

Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and their back always bowing."

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let their eyes be blinded that they see not: and ever bow down their backs."

Moffatt New Testament

let their eyes be darkened, that they cannot see, bow down their backs for ever.

Montgomery New Testament

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their backs forever.

NET Bible

let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually."

New Heart English Bible

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."

Noyes New Testament

let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; and bow down their back alway."

Sawyer New Testament

let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

The Emphasized Bible

Darkened be their eyes, not to see, and, their back, do thou continually bow down.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

let their eyes be blinded, that they may not see, and bow down their back continually."

Twentieth Century New Testament

May their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and do thou always make their backs to bend.'

Webster

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

Weymouth New Testament

Let darkness come over their eyes that they may be unable to see, and make Thou their backs continually to stoop."

Williams New Testament

Let their eyes be darkened, so they cannot see, and forever bend their backs beneath the load."

World English Bible

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."

Worrell New Testament

let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always."

Worsley New Testament

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and always bow down their back.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let
σκοτίζω 
Skotizo 
Usage: 6




Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ὀφθαλμός 
Ophthalmos 
Usage: 57

σκοτίζω 
Skotizo 
Usage: 6

βλέπω 
Blepo 
Usage: 85

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

see
βλέπω 
Blepo 
Usage: 85

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

συγκάμπτω 
Sugkampto 
Usage: 1

νῶτος 
Notos 
Usage: 1

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Remnant Of Israel Remains

9 and David saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them; 10 let their eyes be darkened -- not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.' 11 I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation is to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;

Cross References

Psalm 69:23

Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.

Deuteronomy 28:64-68

and Jehovah hath scattered thee among all the peoples, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth; and thou hast served there other gods which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers -- wood and stone.

Isaiah 51:23

And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting thee, Who have said to thy soul, Bow down, and we pass over, And thou makest as the earth thy body, And as the street to those passing by!'

Isaiah 65:12

And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword is on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'

Romans 1:21

because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

Romans 11:8

according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,

Ephesians 4:18

being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

2 Peter 2:4

For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast them down to Tartarus, did deliver them to judgment, having been reserved,

2 Peter 2:17

These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;

Jude 1:6

messengers also, those who did not keep their own principality, but did leave their proper dwelling, to a judgment of a great day, in bonds everlasting, under darkness He hath kept,

Jude 1:13

wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.

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