Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so 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.
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.
Amplified
Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you 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 turn back and be completely disappointed, along with those who say to metal images, "You are our gods.'" 18 "Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see! 19 Who is blind except my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like the one committed to me, or blind like the LORD's servant?
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 29:18
On that day the deaf will hear the words of a scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Exodus 4:11
Then God asked him, "Who gives a person a mouth? Who makes him unable to speak, or deaf, or able to see, or blind, or lame? Is it not I, the LORD?
Proverbs 20:12
The ear that hears and the eye that sees the LORD surely made them both.
Isaiah 35:5
"Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unblocked;
Isaiah 43:8
"Bring out the people who are blind, yet still have eyes, who are deaf, yet still have ears!
Mark 7:34-37
Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and told him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened!"
Luke 7:22
So he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have observed and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear again, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.
Revelation 3:17-18
You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.