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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Isaiah 35:5

Then, shall be opened the eyes of the blind, - And, the ears of the deaf, be unstopped:

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

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.
New Living Translation
And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.
Update Bible Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
New Century Version
Then the blind people will see again, and the deaf will hear.
New English Translation
Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
World English Bible
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Amplified Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
English Standard Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne the iyen of blynde men schulen be openyd, and the eeris of deef men schulen be opyn.
English Revised Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall 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.
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.
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;
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.
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;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shall the eyes of the blinde be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf shall 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;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened, and the eares of the deaffe opened.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.
Good News Translation
The blind will be able to see, and the deaf will hear.
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.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Then opened are eyes of the blind, And ears of the deaf are unstopped,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shal the eyes of the blinde be lightned, and the eares of the deaff opened.
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
Then the eyes of those who are blind will be opened, And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped.
New King James Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Contextual Overview

5 Then, shall be opened the eyes of the blind, - And, the ears of the deaf, be unstopped: 6 Then, shall leap as a hart the lame, Then shall shout the tongue of the dumb, For, there have broken forth - In the desert - waters, And streams, in the waste plain: 7 Then shall the glowing sand, become a lake, And thirsty ground - springs of water, - In the home of the wild dog - its lair, Shall he an enclosure for cane and paper - reed. 8 And there shall be there, a raised way - even a high road, And the Highroad of Holiness, shall it be called, There shall not pass over it one who is unclean; But He Himself, shall be one of them travelling the road, And the perverse, shall not stray thereinto . 9 There shall be, there, no lion, Nor shall ravenous beast, go up thereon, It shall not be found, there, - Thus, shall travel the redeemed; 10 And the ransomed of Yahweh! shall return, And shall enter Zion with shouting, With gladness age-abiding, upon their head, Joy and gladness shall overtake them, And sorrow and sighing, shall flee 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
Then said Jacob unto Simeon and unto Levi - Ye have troubled me by making me odious among them that dwell in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites, - I, having only men that may be counted, they will gather themselves, together against me and smite me, - and I shall be destroyed both I and my house.
Genesis 35:9
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came in from Padan-aram, - and blessed him.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him - I, am GOD Almighty! Be fruitful and multiply, A nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring from thee, - And, kings, from thy loins, shall come forth;
Genesis 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Beth-el.
Genesis 35:16
Then brake they up from Beth-el, and it came to pass when there was yet a stretch of country, to enter into Ephrath, that Rachel was in childbirth, and had hard-labour in her child-birth.
Exodus 23:27
My terror, will I send before thee, and will confound all the people amongst whom thou shalt come, and will deliver up all thine enemies unto thee as they flee.
Exodus 34:24
For I will root out nations from before thee, and will enlarge thy borders, - and no man shall covet thy land, when thou goes up to see the face of Yahweh thy God, three times in the year.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man shall stand before you, - the dread of you and the fear of you, will Yahweh your God put forth over the face of all the land whereon ye shall tread, as he spake unto you.
Joshua 5:1
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan, from before the sons of Israel, until they had passed over, that their heart melted, and there was no spirit in them any more, because of the sons of Israel.
1 Samuel 11:7
So he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout all the bounds of Israel by the hand of messengers - saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul, and after Samuel, so, shall it be done unto his oxen. Then felt the dread of Yahweh, upon the people, and they came forth, 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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