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Isaiah 32:3
3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
Isaiah 32:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The eyes of those who see will not be dim, And the ears of those who hear will listen.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth, and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
Context of Isaiah 32:3
1See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice. 2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. 4The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear. 5No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
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וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁעֶ֖ינָה עֵינֵ֣י רֹאִ֑ים וְאָזְנֵ֥י שֹׁמְעִ֖ים תִּקְשַֽׁבְנָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 32:3
- Isaiah 29:18In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- Isaiah 30:26The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.
- Isaiah 35:5Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
- Isaiah 54:13All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.
- Isaiah 60:1“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
- Jeremiah 31:34No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
- Matthew 13:11He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- Mark 7:37People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
- Mark 8:22They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
- 1 John 2:20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
Commentaries on Isaiah 32:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim "And him the eyes of those that see shall regard" - For ולא velo, and not, Le Clerc reads ולו velo, and to him, of which mistake the Masoretes acknowledge there are fifteen instances; and many more are reckoned by others. The removal of the negative restores to the verb its true and usual sense.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And the eyes of them that see - The sense of this verse is, that there shall be, under the reign of this wise and pious prince, on the part of the prophets and teachers, a clear view of divine truth, and on the part of the people who hear, a disposition to hearken and to attend to it. The phrase of them that see,‘ refers probably to the prophets, as those who were called seers (see the notes at Isaiah 29:10; Isaiah 30:10; compare 1 Samuel 9:9), or those…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. them that see--the seers or prophets. them that hear--the people under instruction (Is 35:5, 6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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