18They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.


In Context

15 Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.

16 He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, |Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.|

17 The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, |Deliver me; for you are my god!|

18 They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

19 No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, |I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?|

20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, |Isn't there a lie in my right hand?|

Isaiah 44:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

44:18They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

44:18They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

44:18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:18They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

44:18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

44:18They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:18They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.