11 translations · Greek
John 12:40
“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”
John 12:40 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”
- KJV King James Version
- He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn, and I might heal them”;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “He blinded their eyes, and made their minds dull, so that their eyes would not see, and their minds would not think, and they would not turn to me—for if they did I would heal them.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Τετύφλωκεν | Tetyphlōken | He has blinded | G5186 τυφλόω to blind |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | their | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τοὺς | tous | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὀφθαλμοὺς | ophthalmous | eyes | G3788 ὀφθαλμός eye |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἐπώρωσεν | epōrōsen | hardened | G4456 πωρόω to harden |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | their | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίαν | kardian | hearts | G2588 καρδία heart |
| ἵνα | hina | so that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| μὴ | mē | — | G3361 μή not |
| ἴδωσιν | idōsin | they cannot see | G3708 ὁράω to see: see |
| τοῖς | tois | with [their] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὀφθαλμοῖς | ophthalmois | eyes | G3788 ὀφθαλμός eye |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| νοήσωσιν | noēsōsin | understand | G3539 νοέω to understand |
| τῇ | tē | with [their] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίᾳ | kardia | hearts | G2588 καρδία heart |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| στραφῶσιν | straphōsin | turn | G4762 στρέφω to turn |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἰάσομαι | iasomai | I would heal | G2390 ἰάομαι to heal |
| αὐτούς | autous | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
Related verses
- Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”
- Matthew 13:13–15
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive: for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again; and I would heal them.’
- Luke 8:10
He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
- Mark 4:12
that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’”
- Joshua 11:20
For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Isaiah 29:10
For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
- Isaiah 57:18–19
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
- Hosea 6:1
“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
- Deuteronomy 29:4
But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
- Psalm 147:3
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
39 For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again,
40 “He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”
41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
42 Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,
Read all of John 12 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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