Isaiah 6:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “ ‘Hear and hear, but do not understand; see and see, but do not perceive.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And He said, Go and tell this people, Hear and hear continually, but understand not; and see and see continually, but do not apprehend with your mind.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Common English Bible

⁹ God said, “Go and say to this people: Listen intently, but don’t understand; look carefully, but don’t comprehend.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And he said: "Go forth! And you shall say to this people: 'When you listen, you will hear and not understand. And when you see a vision, you will not comprehend.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision and know it not.

Isaiah 6:9 Cross References

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Isaiah 28:13

Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Isaiah 29:10

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

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;

Isaiah 29:14

therefore, behold, I will again do marvelous things with this people, wonderful and marvelous; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hid.”

Isaiah 42:20

He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

Isaiah 43:8

Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears!

Jeremiah 5:21

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

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not;

Hosea 1:9

And the Lord said, “Call his name Not my people, for you are not my people and I am not your God.”

Mark 4:12

so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.”

Luke 8:10

he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.”

Romans 11:8

as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, down to this very day.”

Deuteronomy 29:4

but to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.