Romans 11:10

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 snare, and a trap, And a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them;

11I say then, did they stumble in order that they should fall? Far be it! But by their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

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Cross References

Romans 1:21Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, nor gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Ephesians 4:18having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in then, because of the hardness of their heart;

2 Peter 2:17These are wells without water, mists driven by a tempest, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.

Jude 1:13raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.

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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