King James Version
Deuteronomy 29:4 in the King James Version says “Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.”
Deuteronomy 29:4 · KJV
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“hath not given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“Yet the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“you an heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“to perceive”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“and eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“to see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“to hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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