Romans 11:10

and let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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 be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:

11Then I say; Whether did they stumble that they may fall? it could not be so: but by their fall, salvation came to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.

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Cross References

Romans 1:21because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Ephesians 4:18being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart;

2 Peter 2:17These are fountains without water, and mists driven away by the storm, for which the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own disgraces; wandering stars, for which the blackness 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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