Isaiah
Isaiah 6:9
9And He replied:
“Go and tell this people,
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’b
Footnotes
- b 6:9 Hebrew; LXX ‘You shall be ever hearing, but never understanding; you shall be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’Cited in Matthew 13:14|MAT 13:14, Mark 4:12, Luke 8:10, and Acts 28:26
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And He replied | וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Go | לֵ֥ךְ | lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| and tell | וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| this | הַזֶּ֑ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| people | לָעָ֣ם | lā·‘ām | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| Be ever hearing | שִׁמְע֤וּ | šim·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H8085 hear |
| but never | וְאַל־ | wə·’al- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| understanding | תָּבִ֔ינוּ | tā·ḇî·nū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H995 discern |
| be ever seeing | וּרְא֥וּ | ū·rə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7200 see |
| but never | וְאַל־ | wə·’al- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| perceiving | תֵּדָֽעוּ׃ | tê·ḏā·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3045 know |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 13:14–15 · Luke 8:10 · Mark 4:12 · John 12:40 · Acts 28:26–27 · Romans 11:8 · Isaiah 29:13 · Isaiah 43:8 · Isaiah 44:18–20 · Isaiah 30:8–11 · Jeremiah 15:1–2 · Exodus 32:7–10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.