Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

In Context

9And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:

11So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.

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Cross References

Psalms 69:23\69:22\Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

Romans 1:21Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

Ephesians 4:18Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

2 Peter 2:17These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

Jude 1:13Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33

The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →

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