Matthew 15:14
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עִוֵּר
ʻivvêr
blind (literally or figuratively)
עַתּוּד
ʻattûwd
prepared, i.e. full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people
עִוֵּר
ʻivvêr
blind (literally or figuratively)
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
עַתּוּד ʻattûwd
prepared, i.e. full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people
Study H6260 →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 →Cross References
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
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