Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
John 8:43 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do you misunderstand what I say? It is because you are unable to hear what I am saying. [You cannot bear to listen to My message; your ears are shut to My teaching.] American Standard Version (1901) Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word. Common English Bible Why don’t you understand what I’m saying? It’s because you can’t really hear my words. Catholic Public Domain Version Why do you not recognize my speech? It is because you are not able to hear my word. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word. |
Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
He said, *Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen: behold, the word of the LORD is become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
But they don't know the thoughts of the LORD, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor.
for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'
Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
Therefore many of his talmidim, when they heard this, said, *This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?*
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
They answered him, *We are Avraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'*
They answered him, *Our father is Avraham.* Yeshua said to them, *If you were Avraham's children, you would do the works of Avraham.
*You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.