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Brenton's Septuagint

Isaiah 35:5

Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Deafness;   Gentiles;   Gospel;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Readings, Select;   Regeneration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Revivals;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ear, the;   Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit;   Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the baptist;   Messiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day of the Lord, God, Christ, the;   Hear, Hearing;   Luke-Acts, Theology of;   Mark, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Blindness;   John the Baptist;   Matthew, the Gospel According to;   Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Impediment in Speech;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joy;   Messiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Criticism;   Incarnation (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus christ;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Blind;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deaf;   Ephphatha;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Glowing, Sand;   Isaiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   Eye;   New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Hebrew Names Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
King James Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
English Standard Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
New American Standard Bible
Then the eyes of those who are blind will be opened, And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped.
New Century Version
Then the blind people will see again, and the deaf will hear.
Amplified Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
World English Bible
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shall the eyes of the blinde be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Contemporary English Version
The blind will see, and the ears of the deaf will be healed.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped;
Darby Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf be unstopped;
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened so that they can see, and the ears of the deaf will be opened so that they can hear.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Good News Translation
The blind will be able to see, and the deaf will hear.
Lexham English Bible
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be opened.
Literal Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf opened.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shal the eyes of the blinde be lightned, and the eares of the deaff opened.
American Standard Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Bible in Basic English
Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
King James Version (1611)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the eares of the deafe shalbe vnstopped.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened, and the eares of the deaffe opened.
English Revised Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne the iyen of blynde men schulen be openyd, and the eeris of deef men schulen be opyn.
Update Bible Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
New English Translation
Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.
New King James Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
New Living Translation
And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.
New Life Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened. And the ears of those who cannot hear will be opened.
New Revised Standard
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, shall be opened the eyes of the blind, - And, the ears of the deaf, be unstopped:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Revised Standard Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
Young's Literal Translation
Then opened are eyes of the blind, And ears of the deaf are unstopped,
THE MESSAGE
Blind eyes will be opened, deaf ears unstopped, Lame men and women will leap like deer, the voiceless break into song. Springs of water will burst out in the wilderness, streams flow in the desert. Hot sands will become a cool oasis, thirsty ground a splashing fountain. Even lowly jackals will have water to drink, and barren grasslands flourish richly.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Contextual Overview

5 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear. 6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall speak plainly; for water has burst forth in the desert, and a channel of water in a thirsty land. 7 And the dry land shall become pools, and a fountain of water shall be poured into the thirsty land; there shall there be a joy of birds, ready habitations and marshes. 8 There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray. 9 And there shall be no lion there, neither shall any evil beast go up upon it, nor at all be found there; but the redeemed and gathered on the Lord’s behalf, shall walk in it, 10 and shall return, and come to Sion with joy, and everlasting joy shall be over their head; for on their head shall be praise and exultation, and joy shall take possession of them: sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the eyes: Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 32:3, Isaiah 32:4, Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 42:7, Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 43:8, Psalms 146:8, Matthew 9:27-30, Matthew 11:3-5, Matthew 12:22, Matthew 20:30-34, Matthew 21:14, Mark 8:22-25, Luke 4:18, John 9:1-7, John 9:39, John 11:37, Acts 9:17, Acts 9:18, Acts 26:18, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 5:14

the ears: Isaiah 48:8, Exodus 4:11, Job 33:16, Proverbs 20:12, Jeremiah 6:10, Mark 7:32-37, Mark 9:25, Mark 9:26, Luke 7:20-23

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:19 - General Psalms 119:18 - Open Matthew 9:5 - Arise Matthew 9:30 - their Matthew 15:30 - great Mark 7:35 - General Mark 10:52 - he received Luke 7:22 - how Luke 18:43 - he John 1:4 - the life John 9:7 - and came John 9:30 - and yet John 10:21 - Can John 12:15 - Fear

Cross-References

Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.
Genesis 35:9
And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luza, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
Genesis 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place in which God spoke with him, Baethel.
Genesis 35:16
[[And Jacob removed from Baethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,]]and it came to pass when he drew nigh to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labour.
Exodus 23:27
And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee.
Exodus 34:24
For when I shall have cast out the nations before thy face, and shall have enlarged thy coasts, no one shall desire thy land, whenever thou mayest go up to appear before the Lord thy God, three times in the year.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No one shall stand before you; and the Lord your God will put the fear of you and the dread of you on the face of all the land, on which ye shall tread, as he told you.
Joshua 5:1
And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them because of the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 11:7
And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they came out to battle as one man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,.... Which was literally fulfilled in the first coming of Christ, Matthew 9:27 John 9:1 and spiritually, both among Jews and Gentiles; especially the latter, under the ministry of the apostles, when those who were blind as to spiritual things had no knowledge of God in Christ; nor of the way of salvation by him; nor of the plague of their own hearts; nor of the work of the Spirit of God upon the soul; nor of the truths of the Gospel; through the power of divine grace had the eyes of their understanding opened, so as to see their sinfulness and vileness; their emptiness of all that is good, and their impotency to do anything that is spiritual; their want of righteousness; their need of Christ, and the fulness and suitableness of him as a Saviour; and to have some light into the truths of the Gospel, and a glimpse of heaven and eternal glory: and this will still have a greater accomplishment in the latter day, when the blind Jews are converted, and the fulness of the Gentiles brought in:

and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped; which was literally true of some when Christ came in the flesh, Matthew 11:5 and spiritually of many who had not ears to hear in a spiritual sense; stopped what ears they had to the charming voice of the Gospel; and, though they might externally hear, did not understand it: yet these having ears given them to hear, and their ears and hearts opened by the Spirit of God, heard the Gospel spiritually, profitably, pleasantly, comfortably, and with wonder and astonishment; and a multitude of such instances there will be in the latter day glory. Jarchi interprets it of such who were blind as to the knowledge of the fear of God, and deaf to the voice of the prophets.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened - The images in this verse and the following are those of joy and exultation. They describe the times of happiness when God would come to save them from their foes. This passage is so accurate a description of what the Messiah, the Lord Jesus, did, that it doubtless refers to the miracles which he would perform. In not a few instances did he in fact restore the blind to sight, giving thus the most unequivocal proof that he was the Messiah sent from God Matthew 9:27; Matthew 20:30; Mark 8:23; Mark 10:46; Luke 7:21. It is a full confirmation of the opinion that this passage refers to Christ, that the Saviour himself appeals to the fact that he restored the blind to sight, as demonstration that he was the Messiah, implying that it was predicted that this would be a part of his appropriate work (Matthew 11:5; compare Luke 4:18).

And the ears of the deaf be unstopped - Another demonstration of divine power, and another proof that would be furnished that the Messiah was from God The Lord Jesus often gave this demonstration that he was invested with divine power Matthew 11:5; Mark 7:32, Mark 7:37; Mark 9:25.


 
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