Deuteronomy 29:4

Bible in Basic English

But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Hebrew Names Version
but the LORD has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

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

Lexham English Bible
But Yahweh has not given to you a heart to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear, even to this day.

English Standard Version
But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.

New Century Version
But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands; you don't really understand what you see with your eyes or hear with your ears.

New English Translation
But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

Amplified Bible
"Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart and mind to understand, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

New American Standard Bible
"Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet the Lord hath not giuen you an heart to perceiue, and eyes to see, & eares to heare, vnto this day.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yet to this day Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

Contemporary English Version
He has even told you, "For forty years I, the Lord , led you through the desert, but your clothes and your sandals didn't wear out, and I gave you special food. I did these things so you would realize that I am your God." But the Lord must give you a change of heart before you truly understand what you have seen and heard.

Complete Jewish Bible
I led you forty years in the desert. Neither the clothes on your body nor the shoes on your feet wore out.

Darby Translation
But Jehovah hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

Easy-to-Read Version
But even today, you still don't understand what happened. The Lord has not let you really understand what you saw and heard.

George Lamsa Translation
Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to understand and eyes to see and ears to hear.

Good News Translation
But to this very day he has not let you understand what you have experienced.

Literal Translation
Yet Jehovah has not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yet vnto this daye hath not the LORDE geuen you an hert that vnderstondeth, eyes that se, & eares that heare.

American Standard Version
but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an heart to perceaue, and eyes to see, and eares to heare, vnto this day.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

King James Version (1611)
Yet the Lord hath not giuen you an heart to perceiue, and eyes to see, and eares to heare, vnto this day.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet the Lord God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.

English Revised Version
but the LORD hath not given you an heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord yaf not to you an herte vndurstondynge, and iyen seynge, and eeris that moun here, til in to present dai.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,

Update Bible Version
but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yet the LORD hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

World English Bible
but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

New King James Version
Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day.

New Living Translation
But to this day the Lord has not given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear!

New Life Bible
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.

New Revised Standard
But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yet hath Yahweh not given onto you a heart to know, or eyes to see or ears to hear, - until this day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord hath not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day.

Revised Standard Version
but to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

Contextual Overview

¹ These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb. ² And Moses said in the hearing of all Israel, You have seen all the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land; ³ The great tests which your eyes saw, and the signs and wonders: ⁴ But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears. ⁵ For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet. ⁶ You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God. ⁷ When you came to this place, Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to make war against us and we overcame them: ⁸ And we took their land and gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for their heritage. ⁹ So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 2:30, Proverbs 20:12, Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 63:17, Ezekiel 36:26, Matthew 13:11-15, John 8:43, John 12:38-40, Acts 28:26, Acts 28:27, Romans 11:7-10, 2 Corinthians 3:15, Ephesians 4:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, 2 Timothy 2:25, James 1:13-17

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 20:33 - had not Psalms 106:7 - Our Psalms 141:4 - Incline not Isaiah 29:18 - the deaf Jeremiah 5:21 - O foolish Jeremiah 6:10 - their ear Ezekiel 12:2 - which Daniel 9:13 - that we Matthew 13:13 - General Mark 4:12 - That seeing Mark 8:18 - see Luke 8:10 - that seeing John 3:3 - he cannot John 12:40 - that they Romans 11:8 - eyes 2 Timothy 3:7 - learning

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.

Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

Genesis 27:43
So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;

Genesis 28:10
So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

Acts 7:2
And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

Acts 7:4
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive,.... They had some of them seen the above miracles with their bodily eyes, but had not discerned with the eyes of their understanding the power of God displayed in them, the goodness of God to them on whose behalf they were wrought, in order to obtain their deliverance, and the vengeance of God on the Egyptians for detaining them; so Jarchi interprets it of an heart to know the mercies of the Lord, and to cleave unto him:

and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day; to see and observe the gracious dealings of God with them, and to hearken to his voice and obey it: so the understanding heart, the seeing eye, and hearing ear, in things spiritual, are from the Lord, are special gifts of his grace, which he bestows on some, and not on others; see Proverbs 20:12. The Targum of Jonathan is,

"the Word of the Lord did not give you an heart, &c.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ability to understand the things of God is the gift of God (compare 1 Corinthians 2:13-14); yet man is not guiltless if he lacks that ability. The people had it not because they had not felt their want of it, nor asked for it. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:14-15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 29:4. The Lord hath not given you a heart, c. — Some critics read this verse interrogatively: And hath not God given you a heart, c.? because they suppose that God could not reprehend them for the non-performance of a duty, when he had neither given them a mind to perceive the obligation of it, nor strength to perform it, had that obligation been known. Though this is strictly just, yet there is no need for the interrogation, as the words only imply that they had not such a heart, &c., not because God had not given them all the means of knowledge, and helps of his grace and Spirit, which were necessary but they had not made a faithful use of their advantages, and therefore they had not that wise, loving, and obedient heart which they otherwise might have had. If they had had such a heart, it would have been God's gift, for he is the author of all good and that they had not such a heart was a proof that they had grieved his Spirit, and abused the grace which he had afforded them to produce that gracious change, the want of which is here deplored. Hence God himself is represented as grieved because they were unchanged and disobedient: "O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children for ever!" See Deuteronomy 5:29, and the note there.