Jeremiah 5:21

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:understanding: Heb. heart

WEB

‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

ASV

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

LSV

Now hear this, || O people, foolish and without heart, || They have eyes, and they do not see, || They have ears, and they do not hear.

YLT

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.

DBY

Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.

DRC

Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.

GNV

Heare nowe this, O foolish people, and without vnderstanding, which haue eyes and see not, which haue eares and heare not.

JPS

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, that have eyes, and see not, that have ears, and hear not:

LXXE

Hear ye now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:

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WLC

שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֣א זֹ֔את עַ֥ם סָכָ֖ל וְאֵ֣ין לֵ֑ב עֵינַ֤יִם לָהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א יִרְא֔וּ אָזְנַ֥יִם לָהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀκούσατε δὴ ταῦτα λαὸς μωρὸς καὶ ἀκάρδιος, ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐ βλέπουσιν, ὦτα αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐκ ἀκούουσι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Acts 28:26‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
• Ezekiel 12:2“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
• Isaiah 6:9–10And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise…
• Romans 11:8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
• John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
• Matthew 13:13–15This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;…
• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Mark 8:18‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?
• Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
• Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
• Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
• Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
• Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
• Deuteronomy 29:4Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
• Deuteronomy 32:6Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

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