Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
you foolish and senseless
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
They have ears, but they don’t hear.
New American Standard Bible
Who have
Who have ears but do not hear.
King James Version
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
International Standard Version
"Hear this, you foolish and stupid people: They have eyes, but don't see; they have ears, but don't hear.
A Conservative Version
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, who have eyes, and see not, who have ears, and hear not:
American Standard Version
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
Amplified
‘Now hear this, O foolish people without heart,
Who have eyes but do not see,
Who have ears but do not hear.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
Darby Translation
Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.
Julia Smith Translation
Hear now this, O foolish people, and no heart; eyes to them and they will not see; and ears to them, and they will not hear:
King James 2000
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Hear this please, foolish and {senseless} people, {who have eyes} but do not see, {who have ears} but do not hear.'
Modern King James verseion
Now hear this, O foolish people and without heart; who have eyes and see not; who have ears and hear not;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Hear this, thou foolish and indiscreet people: ye have eyes, but ye see not; ears have ye, but ye hear not.
NET Bible
Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
New Heart English Bible
'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and do not see; who have ears, and do not hear:
The Emphasized Bible
Hear this, I pray you ye people - foolish and without heart, - Eyes, have they, and see not, Ears, have they, and hear not!
Webster
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
World English Bible
'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
Interlinear
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Ra'ah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
20
“Declare this in the house of Jacob; proclaim it in Judah, saying:
21
you foolish and senseless
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
They have ears, but they don’t hear.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Do you not tremble before Me,
the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea,
an enduring barrier that it cannot cross?
The waves surge, but they cannot prevail.
They roar but cannot pass over it.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 6:9-10
And He replied:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.
Ezekiel 12:2
“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house.
Deuteronomy 32:6
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
John 12:40
and hardened their hearts,
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.
Acts 28:26
when He said,
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.
Romans 11:8
as it is written:
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
Psalm 94:8
Fools, when will you be wise?
Proverbs 17:16
with no intention of buying wisdom?
Isaiah 27:11
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.
Therefore their Maker
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
Isaiah 44:18
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes
and their minds so they cannot understand.
Jeremiah 4:22
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”
Jeremiah 5:4
Then I thought:
they have played the fool.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
Jeremiah 8:7
knows her seasons.
The turtledove, swallow, and crane
are aware of their migration,
but My people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.
Jeremiah 10:8
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Hosea 7:11
they call to Egypt,
Matthew 13:13-15
Mark 8:18