2 Kings 6:18

WEB

¹⁸When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to Elisha’s word.

KJV

¹⁸And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

BSB

¹⁸As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

FBV

¹⁸As the army^[+] descended on him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.

Extra References

Acts 13:11

¹¹Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

John 12:40

⁴⁰“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

Genesis 19:11

¹¹They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

John 9:39

³⁹Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

Romans 11:7

⁷What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

Job 5:14

¹⁴They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

Zechariah 12:4

⁴In that day,” says the LORD, “I will strike every horse with terror and his rider with madness. I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

Deuteronomy 28:28

²⁸The LORD will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.