Mark 4:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMark 4:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
βλέποντες
blépō
G991
to see
βλέπωσιν
blépō
G991
to see
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
ἴδωσιν
horáō
G3708
to see
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀκούοντες
akoúō
G191
to hear
ἀκούωσιν
akoúō
G191
to hear
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
συνιῶσιν
syníēmi
G4920
to understand
μήποτε
mḗpote
G3379
lest
ἐπιστρέψωσιν
epistréphō
G1994
to turn
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀφεθῇ
aphíēmi
G863
to send away
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.'"
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King James Version Public Domain
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
so that, ‘Looking, they may look but may not see, and hearing, they may hear but may not understand, lest they might turn back, and it might be forgiven to them.’”
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