Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.
New American Standard Bible
You have
But they did not
You have consumed them,
But they
They have
They have refused to repent.
King James Version
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 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.
Holman Bible
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.
International Standard Version
LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.
A Conservative Version
O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused t
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction or instruction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent and return to You.
Bible in Basic English
O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
Darby Translation
Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Julia Smith Translation
O Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon faithfulness? thou didst smite them, and they were not pained; thou didst consume them, they refused to take instruction: they made their faces firm above the rock; they refused to turn back.
King James 2000
O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? you have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh, do not your eyes [look] for honesty? You have struck them, but they felt no pain, you have destroyed them, they refused to take discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, they have refused to turn back.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Where as thou, O LORD, lookest only upon faith and truth. Thou hast scourged them, but they took no repentance: thou hast corrected them for amendment, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder than stone, and would not amend.
NET Bible
Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
New Heart English Bible
O LORD, do your eyes not look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
The Emphasized Bible
O Yahweh! thine own eyes, are they not directed to fidelity? Thou hast smitten them Yet have they not grieved, Thou hast consumed them - They have refused to receive correction, - They have made their faces bolder than a cliff, They have refused to return.
Webster
O LORD, are not thy eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 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.
World English Bible
O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.
Themes
Correction » Correction despised
Hardness (of heart) » Examples of
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to receive correction
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to receive correction
Topics
Interlinear
`ayin
'emuwnah
Nakah
Chuwl
Kalah
Muwcar
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
2 And though they say, As Jehovah lives; surely they swear falsely. 3 O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return. 4 So I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they do not know the way of Jehovah, nor the judgment of their God.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:30
In vain I have stricken your sons; they received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro in all the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward Him. You have done foolishly in this; therefore from now on you shall have wars.
Isaiah 9:13
For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, nor do they seek Jehovah of Hosts.
Jeremiah 7:28
But you shall say to them, This is a nation which does not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, nor receives instruction; truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress he trespassed even more against Jehovah, this King Ahaz.
Psalm 11:4-7
Jehovah is in His holy temple; Jehovah's throne is in Heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids examine the children of men.
Psalm 51:6
Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part You shall make me to know wisdom.
Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes his way.
Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of Jehovah keep knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.
Proverbs 23:35
saying, They struck me; I was not sick; they beat me, but I did not know it. When I awaken, I will add more. I will seek it again.
Proverbs 27:22
Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.
Isaiah 1:5-6
Why should you be stricken any more? You will revolt more and more; the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Isaiah 42:25
So He has poured on him the fury of His anger, and the strength of battle. And it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not know; and it burned him, yet he did not lay it to heart.
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your brow bronze.
Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they did not listen to Me, nor bow down their ear, but hardened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah 19:15
So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have spoken against it, because they have hardened their necks so that they might not hear My Words.
Jeremiah 32:19
great in wisdom and mighty in work; for Your eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.
Ezekiel 3:7-9
But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are strong of forehead and hard of heart.
Ezekiel 24:13
In your defilement is wickedness. Because I have purged you and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your defilement any more, until I have caused My fury to cease on you.
Zephaniah 3:1-2
Woe to her rebelling and becoming defiled, to the oppressing city!
Zephaniah 3:7
I said, Surely you will fear Me; you will receive instruction; then her dwelling shall not be cut off, all that I appointed for her. But they rose early, corrupting all their doings.
Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to listen, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and made heavy their ears from hearing.
Romans 2:2
But know that the judgment of God is according to truth on those who practice such things.
Romans 2:4-5
Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and the forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?