Text -- Isaiah 42:20 (NET)

42:20 You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 42:20

¹ tn The consonantal text (Kethib) has a perfect, 2nd person masculine singular; the marginal reading (Qere) has an infinitive absolute, which functions here as a finite verb.

² tn Heb “but you do not guard [i.e., retain in your memory]”; NIV “but have paid no attention.”