Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.

International Standard Version

But they didn't listen, nor did they pay attention. They were determined not to listen and not to accept instruction.

A Conservative Version

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Yet they would not listen and obey and control their behavior; but they were stiff-necked in order not to hear and take instruction.

Bible in Basic English

But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And they heard not, and they inclined not their ear, and they will harden their neck not to hear, and not to receive instruction.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yet they did not listen, and they did not incline their ear, and they hardened their neck [so as] to not hear, nor to receive discipline.

Modern King James verseion

But they did not obey, nor bowed down their ear, but made their neck stiff, so that they might not hear nor receive instruction.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Howbeit, they obeyed me not, neither hearkened they unto me: but were obstinate and stubborn, and neither obeyed me, nor received my correction.

NET Bible

Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.'

New Heart English Bible

But they did not listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

The Emphasized Bible

Howbeit they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, - but stiffened their neck, that they might not hearken, neither receive correction.

Webster

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

World English Bible

But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

ערף 
`oreph 
Usage: 35

קשׁה 
Qashah 
Usage: 28

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

References

Hastings

Context Readings

The Sabbath Day

22 Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers. 23 And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction. 24 And it hath been, if ye certainly hearken unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, So as not to bring in a burden By the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do in it any work --

Cross References

Jeremiah 11:10

They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 19:15

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck -- not to hear My words!'

Proverbs 29:1

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

Acts 7:51

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;

Psalm 50:17

Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

Proverbs 1:3

For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

Proverbs 1:5

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

Proverbs 5:12

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

Proverbs 8:10

Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

Isaiah 48:4

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

Jeremiah 6:8

Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Jeremiah 7:24-26

And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

Jeremiah 7:28

And thou hast said unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 16:11-12

Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept,

Jeremiah 32:33

And they turn unto Me the neck, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not hearkening to accept instruction.

Jeremiah 35:15

And I send unto you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and amend your doings, yea, ye do not walk after other gods, to serve them, and dwell ye on the ground that I have given to you and to your fathers; and ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto Me.

Ezekiel 20:13

And -- rebel against me do the house of Israel in the wilderness, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have despised, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them. And My sabbaths they have greatly polluted, And I say to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Ezekiel 20:16

Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going.

Ezekiel 20:21

And -- the sons rebel against Me, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have not observed -- to do them, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them. My sabbaths they have polluted, And I say to pour out My fury upon them, To complete Mine anger against them in the wilderness.

Zephaniah 3:7

I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.

Zechariah 7:11-12

And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

John 3:19-21

'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

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