Isaiah 44:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ They do not know, nor do they comprehend, for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ They do not know or understand, for their eyes God has let become besmeared so that they cannot see, and their minds as well so that they cannot understand.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They don’t know or comprehend, for their eyes can’t see and their minds can’t comprehend.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see and that they may not understand with their heart.

Isaiah 44:18 Cross References

Psalm 81:12

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

Psalm 92:6

The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:

Proverbs 28:5

The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.

Isaiah 26:11

O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep; he has closed your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 44:19

No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. Now shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”

Isaiah 44:9

All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know, and so they will be put to shame.

Isaiah 45:20

Assemble yourselves and come together; draw near, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge— those who carry about their wooden idols and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.

Isaiah 56:11

The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. The shepherds also have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, to their own gain, one and all.

Jeremiah 10:14

Everyone is stupid and without knowledge; goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols, for their images are false, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction given by idols is no better than wood!

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Jeremiah 51:17

Everyone is stupid and without knowledge; goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols, for their images are false, and there is no breath in them.

Ezekiel 12:2

Mortal, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house who have eyes to see but do not see, who have ears to hear but do not hear,

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Hosea 14:9

Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

John 5:44

How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word.

Acts 14:16

In past generations he allowed all peoples to follow their own ways,

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!