But YHWHוְ יְהוָהhas notלֹאgivenנָתַןyouלָכֶםa heartלֵבto know,לָדַעַתor eyesוְעֵינַיִםto see,לִרְאוֹתor earsוְאָזְנַיִםto hear,לִשְׁמֹעַtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
Quotation · Romans 11:8
Go to Romans 11:8The quotation joins Deuteronomy 29:4 (eyes so as not to see and ears so as not to hear, to this day) and Isaiah 29:10 (a spirit of stupor).
Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται “as it is written” (Romans 11:8)
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Greek of the New Testament: καθὼς γέγραπται Ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς πνεῦμα κατανύξεως ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν καὶ ὦτα τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְלֹא נָתַן יְהוָה לָכֶם לֵב לָדַעַת וְעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת וְאָזְנַיִם לִשְׁמֹעַ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Septuagint (Deuteronomy 29:4 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῖν καρδίαν εἰδέναι καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς βλέπειν καὶ ὦτα ἀκούειν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.
In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0