Bible verse
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
Romans 11:10 · BSB
The verses around it, from Romans 11.
6 And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
8 as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
9 And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
12 But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
14 in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
KJV
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
ASV
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
ERV
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back alway.
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