Parallel Verses
Amplified
Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
New American Standard Bible
And look, you blind, that you may see.
King James Version
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Holman Bible
Look, you blind, so that you may see.
International Standard Version
"Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see!
A Conservative Version
Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
American Standard Version
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.
Darby Translation
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Julia Smith Translation
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, to see.
King James 2000
Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Deaf people, listen! And blind people, look to see!
Modern King James verseion
Hear, deaf ones; and blind ones look to see.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear, O ye deaf men, and sharpen your sights to see, O ye blind!
NET Bible
"Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
New Heart English Bible
"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye deaf hear! And ye blind look around that ye may see, Who is blind if not my Servant? Or deaf, like, my messenger whom I send?
Webster
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
World English Bible
"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
Interlinear
Shama`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 42:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blind And Deaf Israel
17
Those who trust in carved idols will be turned back,
And utterly put to shame,
Who say to cast images,
“You are our gods.”
Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
Who is blind but My servant [Israel],
Or deaf like My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [in a covenant relationship],
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 29:18
On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see [the words of the book].
Exodus 4:11
The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, or the seeing or the blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The [omnipotent] Lord has made both of them.
Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened
And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Isaiah 43:8
Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes,
And the deaf, even though they have ears.
Mark 7:34-37
and looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to the man,
Luke 7:22
So He replied to them,
Revelation 3:17-18