The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 13:27

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~600–592 BC

1830 Edition

and all this have they done, that they might pervert the right ways of the Lord; that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men;

Influences

Acts 13:10 (KJV)
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
John 12:40 (KJV)
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

Changes

aAnd all this have they done, that they might pervert the right ways of the Lord;, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men;.

Simple English

They have done all this to twist the right ways of the Lord. They want to make people blind and make their hearts hard.

Paraphrase

'They did this to twist God’s truth and blind people’s eyes, to make their hearts hard.'