Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their backs forever.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9As David says. Let their table be made a snare and a trap, And a stumbling-block and a recompense unto them;

11I ask then, "Have they stumbled so as to fall?" No indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come unto Gentiles, "to provoke Israel to jealousy."

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Cross References

Romans 1:21For although they knew God, yet they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.

Ephesians 4:18having their understanding darkened, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

2 Peter 2:17Such men are like waterless springs, or mists storm-driven; for them the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

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