Isaiah 6:9
World English Bible (WEB)
He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’
In context
7 He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
8 I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
9 He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’
10 Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land becomes utterly waste,
Isaiah 6:9 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.