Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
Parallel translations
- KJV Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
- BSB Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
- NKJV Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind.
- NASB Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.
- NLT Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind.
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Cross-references · 4
- Isa 64:4For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
- Job 20:4Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
- Luke 1:70(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
- Rev 16:18There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men on the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.
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