Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and keep their backs forever bent.”

Text-Critical English NT

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 become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

11I ask then, did the Israelites stumble so as to fall? Certainly not! Rather, by their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke Israel to jealousy.

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Cross References

Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Ephesians 4:18They are darkened in their understanding, being excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

2 Peter 2:17These men are springs without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the thick gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shameful deeds; wayward stars, for whom the thick gloom of darkness has been 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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