Romans 11:10
let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; and bow down their back alway.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 69:23May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!
Isaiah 65:12Yourselves do I destine to the sword, And all of you shall bow down before the slaughter; Because I called, and ye answered not, I spake, and ye would not hear, But did that which is evil in my sight, And chose that in which I had no delight.
Romans 1:21Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;
Ephesians 4:18having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts;
2 Peter 2:17These are wells without water, and mists driven by a tempest; for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved.
Jude 1:13raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness 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 →