Jeremiah 17:23

In 11 translations

BSB

Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.

KJV

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

WEB

But they didn’t listen. They didn’t turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

ASV

But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

LSV

And they have not listened nor inclined their ear, || And they stiffen their neck not to hear, || And not to receive instruction.

YLT

And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

DBY

but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but hardened their neck, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.

DRC

But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.

GNV

But they obeied not, neither inclined their eares, but made their neckes stiffe and would not heare, nor receiue correction.

JPS

but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

LXXE

But they hearkened not, and inclined not their ear, but stiffened their neck more than their fathers did, so as not to hear me, and not to receive correction.

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WLC

וְלֹ֣א שָֽׁמְע֔וּ וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֣י שומע וּלְבִלְתִּ֖י קַ֥חַת מוּסָֽר׃Read aloud as (qere): שְׁמ֔וֹעַ

LXX-Br

καὶ ἐσκλήρυναν τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν, τοῦ μὴ ἀκοῦσαί μου, καὶ τοῦ μὴ δέξασθαι παιδείαν.

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• Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
• Jeremiah 11:10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their…
• 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 7:24–26Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this…
• Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
• Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out…
• 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…
• Zephaniah 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
• Jeremiah 32:33They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
• Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
• Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My…
• Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
• Jeremiah 7:28Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
• Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have…
• Jeremiah 16:11–12Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction. And you have done…

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