Luke 6:39
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
מָשָׁל
mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
עִוֵּר
ʻivvêr
blind (literally or figuratively)
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
עִוֵּר
ʻivvêr
blind (literally or figuratively)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
שַׁחַת
shachath
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
Key Terms in This Verse
מָשָׁל mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Study H4912 →נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →Cross References
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they...
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they s...
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
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