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Isa. 42:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?

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Who is blind.

Isa. 6:9• ⁹And he said, Go and tell this people, Hear indeed, but understand not; and see indeed, but perceive not. (Isa. 6:9)

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Isa. 29:9‑14• ⁹Be ye amazed and astonished; infatuate yourselves and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
¹⁰For Jehovah hath poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers, hath he covered.
¹¹And all the vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which they deliver to one that can read, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed.
¹²And the book is delivered to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot read.
¹³And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men:
¹⁴therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvelously among this people, to do marvelously even with wonder; and the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent ones shall be hid. (Isa. 29:9‑14)

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Isa. 56:10• ¹⁰His watchmen [are] blind, they are all without knowledge; they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. (Isa. 56:10)

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Jer. 4:22• ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)

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Jer. 5:21• ²¹Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not. (Jer. 5:21)

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Ezek. 12:2• ²Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house. (Ezek. 12:2)

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Matt. 13:14‑15• ¹⁴and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
¹⁵for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Matt. 13:14‑15)

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Matt. 15:14‑16• ¹⁴Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.
¹⁵And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.
¹⁶But he said, Are ye also still without intelligence? (Matt. 15:14‑16)

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Matt. 23:16‑24• ¹⁶Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
¹⁷Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
¹⁸And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
¹⁹[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
²⁰He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
²¹And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
²²And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
²³Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
²⁴Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel. (Matt. 23:16‑24)

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Mark 8:17‑18• ¹⁷And Jesus knowing [it], says to them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Perceive ye not yet, neither understand? Have ye your heart [yet] hardened?
¹⁸Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? (Mark 8:17‑18)

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John 7:47‑49• ⁴⁷The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived?
⁴⁸Did anyone of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees?
⁴⁹But this crowd that knoweth not the law, they are accursed. (John 7:47‑49)

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John 9:39,41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that they that see not may see, and they that see may become blind.
⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remaineth. (John 9:39,41)

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John 12:40• ⁴⁰He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart that they may not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them. (John 12:40)

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Rom. 2:17‑23• ¹⁷But if thou art named a Jew, and restest on law, and boastest in God,
¹⁸and knowest the will, and provest the things that differ, being instructed out of the law,
¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a guide of blind, a light of those in darkness,
²⁰an instructor of foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law:
²¹thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
²²thou that sayest not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³Thou who boastest in law, through the transgression of the law dost thou dishonour God? (Rom. 2:17‑23)

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Rom. 11:7‑10,25• ⁷What then? That which Israel seeketh after, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained [it]; but the rest were hardened,
⁸even as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes so as not to see, and ears so as not to hear, until this day.”
⁹And David saith, “Let their table be for a snare and for a trap and for a stumblingblock and for a recompense to them:
¹⁰let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their back ever bend thou down.”
²⁵For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, that ye be not wise in your own eyes, that hardness hath happened in part to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles come in; (Rom. 11:7‑10,25)

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2 Cor. 3:14‑15• ¹⁴But their thoughts were darkened; for until this very day the same veil at the reading of the old covenant abideth unlifted, which in Christ is done away.
¹⁵But unto this day, when Moses is being read, a veil lieth upon their heart. (2 Cor. 3:14‑15)

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2 Cor. 4:4• ⁴in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth. (2 Cor. 4:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he in whom I have trustedd, and blind as Jehovah’s servant,

JND Translation Notes

Or "he who is perfect."

W. Kelly Translation

Who [is] blind but my servant? and deaf as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] made perfect, and blind as Jehovah’s servant?