11 translations · Greek
Mark 8:18
Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
Mark 8:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
- KJV King James Version
- Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
- FBV Free Bible Version
- You've got eyes to see, haven't you? And ears to hear?
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?
- DBY Darby Translation
- Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Having eyes, see you not? and having ears, hear you not? neither do you remember.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὀφθαλμοὺς | Ophthalmous | eyes | G3788 ὀφθαλμός eye |
| ἔχοντες | echontes | Having | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| βλέπετε | blepete | do you not see | G991 βλέπω to see |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 καί and |
| ὦτα | ōta | ears | G3775 οὖς ear |
| ἔχοντες | echontes | having | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| οὐκ | ouk | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἀκούετε | akouete | do you not hear | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 καί and |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| μνημονεύετε | mnēmoneuete | do you not remember | G3421 μνημονεύω to remember |
Related verses
- Acts 28:26–27
saying, ‘Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive. For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’
- Matthew 13:14–15
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.’
- Jeremiah 5:21
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding; who have eyes, and don’t see; who have ears, and don’t hear:
- 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.’”
- Ezekiel 12:2
“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.
- 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.”
- Isaiah 6:9–10
He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand; and you see indeed, but don’t perceive.’ 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.”
- Isaiah 42:18–20
“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh’s servant? You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
- Romans 11:8
According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”
- Psalm 115:5–8
They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear. They have noses, but they don’t smell. They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat. …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s because we have no bread.”
17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
18 Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”
20 “When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”
Read all of Mark 8 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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