Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And the children are impudent and stiffhearted: I do sent thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible
I am sending you to them who are
King James Version
For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
Holman Bible
The children are obstinate
International Standard Version
They're stubborn and strong willed. I'm sending you to them to tell them what the LORD says.
A Conservative Version
And the sons are impudent and stiff hearted. I send thee to them, and thou shall say to them, Thus says lord LORD.
Amplified
I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord
Bible in Basic English
And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.
Darby Translation
and these children are impudent and hard-hearted: I am sending thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sons hard of face and strong of heart. I send thee to them; and say to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah.
King James 2000
For they are impudent children and stubborn. I do send you unto them; and you shall say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the children [are] {impudent} and {stubborn}, [and so] I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh!'
Modern King James verseion
And the sons are stiff of face, and hard of heart. I am sending you to them; and you shall say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, I will send thee unto a people that have rough visages and stiff stomachs: unto whom thou shalt say on this manner, 'This the LORD God himself hath spoken,'
NET Bible
The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says.'
New Heart English Bible
The children are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you shall tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'
The Emphasized Bible
and it is unto such sons - of shameless face, and emboldened heart, that I am sending thee, - therefore shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh.
Webster
For they are impudent children and obstinate in heart. I send thee to them; and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
World English Bible
The children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the sons are brazen-faced and hard-hearted to whom I am sending thee, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah:
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Stiff-hearted
Character » Of the wicked » Impudent
Character of the wicked » Stiff-hearted
Character of the wicked » Impudent
Heart » The unregenerate » Is hard
character of the unrenewed Heart » Stiff
Rebellion against God » Ministers » Sent to those guilty of
Reproof » Ministers should give » Fearlessly
Topics
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Qasheh
Shalach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Call Of Ezekiel To Speak God's Words
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me even unto this very day. 4 And the children are impudent and stiffhearted: I do sent thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:7
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart.
Psalm 95:8
Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Jeremiah 5:3
O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?
1 Kings 22:14
And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak.
2 Chronicles 30:8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 26:2-3
Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the court of Jehovah's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Acts 20:26-27
Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.