Isaiah 35:5

THE MESSAGE

Blind eyes will be opened, deaf ears unstopped, Lame men and women will leap like deer, the voiceless break into song. Springs of water will burst out in the wilderness, streams flow in the desert. Hot sands will become a cool oasis, thirsty ground a splashing fountain. Even lowly jackals will have water to drink, and barren grasslands flourish richly.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

Hebrew Names Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

King James Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

English Standard Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;

New American Standard Bible
Then the eyes of those who are blind will be opened, And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped.

New Century Version
Then the blind people will see again, and the deaf will hear.

Amplified Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

World English Bible
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shall the eyes of the blinde be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

Contemporary English Version
The blind will see, and the ears of the deaf will be healed.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped;

Darby Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf be unstopped;

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened so that they can see, and the ears of the deaf will be opened so that they can hear.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Good News Translation
The blind will be able to see, and the deaf will hear.

Lexham English Bible
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be opened.

Literal Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf opened.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shal the eyes of the blinde be lightned, and the eares of the deaff opened.

American Standard Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Bible in Basic English
Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

King James Version (1611)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the eares of the deafe shalbe vnstopped.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened, and the eares of the deaffe opened.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.

English Revised Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne the iyen of blynde men schulen be openyd, and the eeris of deef men schulen be opyn.

Update Bible Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

New English Translation
Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

New King James Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

New Living Translation
And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.

New Life Bible
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened. And the ears of those who cannot hear will be opened.

New Revised Standard
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, shall be opened the eyes of the blind, - And, the ears of the deaf, be unstopped:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Revised Standard Version
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;

Young's Literal Translation
Then opened are eyes of the blind, And ears of the deaf are unstopped,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Contextual Overview

⁵Blind eyes will be opened, deaf ears unstopped, Lame men and women will leap like deer, the voiceless break into song. Springs of water will burst out in the wilderness, streams flow in the desert. Hot sands will become a cool oasis, thirsty ground a splashing fountain. Even lowly jackals will have water to drink, and barren grasslands flourish richly. ⁸There will be a highway called the Holy Road. No one rude or rebellious is permitted on this road. It's for God 's people exclusively— impossible to get lost on this road. Not even fools can get lost on it. No lions on this road, no dangerous wild animals— Nothing and no one dangerous or threatening. Only the redeemed will walk on it. The people God has ransomed will come back on this road. They'll sing as they make their way home to Zion, unfading halos of joy encircling their heads, Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladness as all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the eyes: Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 32:3, Isaiah 32:4, Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 42:7, Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 43:8, Psalms 146:8, Matthew 9:27-30, Matthew 11:3-5, Matthew 12:22, Matthew 20:30-34, Matthew 21:14, Mark 8:22-25, Luke 4:18, John 9:1-7, John 9:39, John 11:37, Acts 9:17, Acts 9:18, Acts 26:18, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 5:14

the ears: Isaiah 48:8, Exodus 4:11, Job 33:16, Proverbs 20:12, Jeremiah 6:10, Mark 7:32-37, Mark 9:25, Mark 9:26, Luke 7:20-23

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:19 - General Psalms 119:18 - Open Matthew 9:5 - Arise Matthew 9:30 - their Matthew 15:30 - great Mark 7:35 - General Mark 10:52 - he received Luke 7:22 - how Luke 18:43 - he John 1:4 - the life John 9:7 - and came John 9:30 - and yet John 10:21 - Can John 12:15 - Fear

Cross-References

Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You've made my name stink to high heaven among the people here, these Canaanites and Perizzites. If they decided to gang up on us and attack, as few as we are we wouldn't stand a chance; they'd wipe me and my people right off the map."

Genesis 35:9
God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)."

Genesis 35:11
God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants.

Genesis 35:16
They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy."

Exodus 23:27
"I'll send my Terror on ahead of you and throw those peoples you're approaching into a panic. All you'll see of your enemies is the backs of their necks.

Joshua 5:1
When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how God had stopped the Jordan River before the People of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts sank; the courage drained out of them just thinking about the People of Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:10
There was a strong sense of the fear of God in all the kingdoms around Judah—they didn't dare go to war against Jehoshaphat. Some Philistines even brought gifts and a load of silver to Jehoshaphat, and the desert bedouin brought flocks—7,700 rams and 7,700 goats. So Jehoshaphat became stronger by the day, and constructed more and more forts and store-cities—an age of prosperity for Judah!

Psalms 14:5
Night is coming for them, and nightmares, for God takes the side of victims. Do you think you can mess with the dreams of the poor? You can't, for God makes their dreams come true.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,.... Which was literally fulfilled in the first coming of Christ, Matthew 9:27 John 9:1 and spiritually, both among Jews and Gentiles; especially the latter, under the ministry of the apostles, when those who were blind as to spiritual things had no knowledge of God in Christ; nor of the way of salvation by him; nor of the plague of their own hearts; nor of the work of the Spirit of God upon the soul; nor of the truths of the Gospel; through the power of divine grace had the eyes of their understanding opened, so as to see their sinfulness and vileness; their emptiness of all that is good, and their impotency to do anything that is spiritual; their want of righteousness; their need of Christ, and the fulness and suitableness of him as a Saviour; and to have some light into the truths of the Gospel, and a glimpse of heaven and eternal glory: and this will still have a greater accomplishment in the latter day, when the blind Jews are converted, and the fulness of the Gentiles brought in:

and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped; which was literally true of some when Christ came in the flesh, Matthew 11:5 and spiritually of many who had not ears to hear in a spiritual sense; stopped what ears they had to the charming voice of the Gospel; and, though they might externally hear, did not understand it: yet these having ears given them to hear, and their ears and hearts opened by the Spirit of God, heard the Gospel spiritually, profitably, pleasantly, comfortably, and with wonder and astonishment; and a multitude of such instances there will be in the latter day glory. Jarchi interprets it of such who were blind as to the knowledge of the fear of God, and deaf to the voice of the prophets.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened - The images in this verse and the following are those of joy and exultation. They describe the times of happiness when God would come to save them from their foes. This passage is so accurate a description of what the Messiah, the Lord Jesus, did, that it doubtless refers to the miracles which he would perform. In not a few instances did he in fact restore the blind to sight, giving thus the most unequivocal proof that he was the Messiah sent from God Matthew 9:27; Matthew 20:30; Mark 8:23; Mark 10:46; Luke 7:21. It is a full confirmation of the opinion that this passage refers to Christ, that the Saviour himself appeals to the fact that he restored the blind to sight, as demonstration that he was the Messiah, implying that it was predicted that this would be a part of his appropriate work (Matthew 11:5; compare Luke 4:18).

And the ears of the deaf be unstopped - Another demonstration of divine power, and another proof that would be furnished that the Messiah was from God The Lord Jesus often gave this demonstration that he was invested with divine power Matthew 11:5; Mark 7:32, Mark 7:37; Mark 9:25.