Romans 11:8

- (as it is written: God gave them a stupid spirit, and eyes to see not, and ears to hear not,) unto this very day.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 then? Israel did not obtain that which it sought: but the election obtained it; and the rest of them were blinded in their heart,

9And again, David said: Let their table become a snare before them; and let their recompense be a stumbling block.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13For this cause I discourse to them in similitudes, because they see and do not see, and they hear and do not hear, nor understand.

Luke 8:10And he said to them: To you it is given, to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to others, it is spoken in allegories; that, while seeing, they may not see, and while hearing, may not understand.

2 Corinthians 3:14But they were blinded in their understanding; for until this day, when the old Testament is read, the same vail resteth upon them; nor is it manifest to them, that it is abolished by the Messiah.

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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