Romans 11:8

The rest grew callous; as scripture says – ‘God has given them a deadness of mind – eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear – and it is so to this very day.’

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

In Context

7What follows from this? Why, that Israel as a nation failed to secure what it was seeking, while those whom God selected did secure it.

9David, too, says – ‘May their feasts prove a snare and a trap to them – a hindrance and a retribution;

Read all of Romans 11

Cross References

Matthew 13:13That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.

Luke 8:10“To you,” he said, “the knowledge of the hidden truths of the kingdom of God has been imparted, but to others in parables only, so that though they have eyes they may not see, and though they have ears, they may not understand.

2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were slow to learn. Indeed, to this very day, at the public reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; only for those who are in union with Christ does it pass away.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Romans 11:8