Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Message"Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are unable to receive My word."
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.G"Why do you not understand My way of speaking? It is because you cannot receive My word."
KJV
King James VersionWhy do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWhy do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
Footnotes
The Greek carefully distinguishes between two words: "λαλιάν" (lalian—my characteristic way of speaking, my idiom, my speech-register or mode of discourse) and "λόγον" (logon—my word, message, or teaching in its substance). The question asks why they cannot comprehend His manner and idiom; the answer is that they are constitutionally incapable of receiving the actual content of what He says. FOG renders this as "My way of speaking" / "My word" to preserve the distinction; FOG Message uses "My speech" / "My word," slightly compressing the two terms but maintaining readability. The distinction matters theologically: their failure to understand is not an intellectual or cultural gap but a spiritual one—the form and the content of His revelation are equally inaccessible to those who do not belong to God (v.47).
