Deuteronomy 29:4

Translations

Modern

Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Traditional

Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Literal

And YHWH has not given to you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this day.

Latin

…et non dedit vobis Dominus cor intelligens, et oculos videntes, et aures quæ possunt audire, usque in præsentem diem.

Original

Hebrew

English

Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Notes

Deuteronomy 29:2–30:20

As Moses prepared to die, he spoke a farewell message to Israel. In this message, he briefly reviewed their history since they left Egypt.

He urged the nation to promise loyalty to the Lord. This part of Deuteronomy shows that grace (God’s undeserved favor) is not only a New Testament teaching. Grace is the foundation of the Lord’s relationship with Israel.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes God’s Covenants The Broken Covenant

Related verses

Isaiah 6:9–10
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
John 8:43
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
Proverbs 20:12
Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.
Isaiah 63:17
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
Matthew 13:11–15
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
2 Corinthians 3:15
And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
Romans 11:7–10
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
…and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
John 12:38–40
This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
Acts 28:26–27
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Blindness Deuteronomy, Book of Hosea, Book of

Topics

Blindness: Spiritual Covenant in Moab Government: Theocratic Regeneration: General Scriptures Concerning Reproof: Faithfulness in Moses, of the Israelites Wisdom: Spiritual, from God

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