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Isaiah 6:9
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KJ21
And He said, “Go, and tell this people: “‘Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.’
ASV
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
AMP
And He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not understand; Keep on looking, but do not comprehend.’
AMPC
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.
BRG
¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
CSB
And he replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.
CSBA
And he replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.
CEB
God said, “Go and say to this people: Listen intently, but don’t understand; look carefully, but don’t comprehend.
CJB
He said, “Go and tell this people: ‘Yes, you hear, but you don’t understand. You certainly see, but you don’t get the point!’
CEV
Then the Lord told me to go and speak this message to the people: “You will listen and listen, but never understand. You will look and look, but never see.” The Lord also said,
DARBY
And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.
DRA
And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision, and know it not.
ERV
Then the Lord said, “Go and tell the people, ‘Listen closely, but don’t understand. Look closely, but don’t learn.’
EASY
The Lord said, ‘Go! Tell my message to those people: “You will continue to listen, but you will never understand! You will continue to look, but you will not see anything!”
EHV
He said: Go! You are to tell this people, “Keep listening, but you will never understand. Keep looking, but you will never get it.”
ESV
And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
ESVUK
And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
EXB
Then the Lord said, “Go and tell this to the people: ‘You will ·listen and listen [keep on hearing; or listen intently], but you will not ·understand [comprehend]. You will ·look and look [keep on seeing; or look intently], but you will not ·learn [perceive; comprehend].’
GNV
And he said, Go, and say unto this people, Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand: ye shall plainly see, and not perceive.
GW
And he said, “Go and tell these people, ‘No matter how closely you listen, you’ll never understand. No matter how closely you look, you’ll never see.’
GNT
So he told me to go and give the people this message: “No matter how much you listen, you will not understand. No matter how much you look, you will not know what is happening.”
HCSB
And He replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.
ICB
Then the Lord said, “Go and tell this to the people: ‘You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn.’
ISV
“Go!” he responded. “Tell this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
JUB
¶ Then he said, Go and tell this people, Hear indeed, but do not understand; and see indeed, but do not perceive.
KJV
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
AKJV
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
LSB
He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not know.’
LEB
And he said, “Go and say to this people, ‘Keep on listening and do not comprehend! And keep on looking and do not understand!’
TLB
And he said, “Yes, go. But tell my people this: ‘Though you hear my words repeatedly, you won’t understand them. Though you watch and watch as I perform my miracles, still you won’t know what they mean.’
MSG
He said, “Go and tell this people: “‘Listen hard, but you aren’t going to get it; look hard, but you won’t catch on.’ Make these people blockheads, with fingers in their ears and blindfolds on their eyes, So they won’t see a thing, won’t hear a word, So they won’t have a clue about what’s going on and, yes, so they won’t turn around and be made whole.”
MEV
He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
NOG
And he said, “Go and tell these people, ‘No matter how closely you listen, you’ll never understand. No matter how closely you look, you’ll never see.’
NABRE
And he replied: Go and say to this people: Listen carefully, but do not understand! Look intently, but do not perceive!
NASB
And He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not understand; And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’
NASB1995
He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.’
NCB
Then he replied: Go forth and tell this people: No matter how carefully you listen, you will not understand. You will continue to look, but you will not comprehend.
NCV
Then the Lord said, “Go and tell this to the people: ‘You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn.’
NET
He said, “Go and tell these people: “‘Listen continually, but don’t understand. Look continually, but don’t perceive.’
NIRV
So he said, “Go and speak to these people. Tell them, “ ‘You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.’
NIV
He said, “Go and tell this people: “‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
NIVUK
He said, ‘Go and tell this people: ‘“Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.”
NKJV
And He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
NLV
He said, “Go, and tell these people, ‘You hear and hear but do not understand. You look and look but do not see.’
NLT
And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people, ‘Listen carefully, but do not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing.’
NRSVA
And he said, ‘Go and say to this people: “Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.”
NRSVACE
And he said, ‘Go and say to this people: “Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.”
NRSVCE
And he said, “Go and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.’
NRSVUE
And he said, “Go and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.’
OJB
And He said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see indeed, but perceive not.
RGT
And He said, “Go, and say to this people, ‘You shall indeed hear, but you shall not understand. You shall plainly see, and not perceive.’
RSV
And he said, “Go, and say to this people: ‘Hear and hear, but do not understand; see and see, but do not perceive.’
RSVCE
And he said, “Go, and say to this people: ‘Hear and hear, but do not understand; see and see, but do not perceive.’
TLV
Then He said: “Go! Tell this people: ‘Hear without understanding, and see without perceiving.’
VOICE
Eternal One: Go to this people and say, “Keep listening, but do not comprehend; Keep looking, but do not understand.”
WEB
He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’
WYC
And he said, Go thou, and thou shalt say to this people, Ye hearing hear, and ye do not understand; and see ye the prophesy, and do not ye know. (And he said, Go thou, and thou shalt say to this people, Hearing ye may hear, but ye shall not understand; and ye may see the prophesy, but ye shall not know, or not understand, its meaning.)
YLT
And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.
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