Isaiah 48:4

In 11 translations

BSB

For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

KJV

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;obstinate: Heb. hard

WEB

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

ASV

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

LSV

From My knowing that you are obstinate, || And your neck—a sinew of iron, || And your forehead—bronze,

YLT

From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,

DBY

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,

DRC

For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.

GNV

Because I knewe, that thou art obstinate, and thy necke is an yron sinew, and thy brow brasse,

JPS

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

LXXE

I know that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead brazen.

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WLC

מִדַּעְתִּ֕י כִּ֥י קָשֶׁ֖ה אָ֑תָּה וְגִ֤יד בַּרְזֶל֙ עָרְפֶּ֔ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ֖ נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

LXX-Br

Γινώσκω ὅτι σκληρὸς εἶ, καὶ νεῦρον σιδηροῦν ὁ τράχηλός σου, καὶ τὸ μέτωπόν σου χαλκοῦν.

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• Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
• Exodus 32:9The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
• Zechariah 7:11–12But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had…
• Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Ezekiel 3:4–9Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them. For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel— not to the many…
• Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Jeremiah 19:15“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their…
• Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
• Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
• Exodus 33:5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
• Psalms 75:5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
• Exodus 33:3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
• Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
• Isaiah 46:12Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
• 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

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