Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 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
Interlinear
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 to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to the nations, the rebelling ones who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have sinned against Me, to this day. 4 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. 5 And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are a rebellious house. Yea, they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:7
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.
Psalm 95:8
harden not your heart, as in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness;
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your brow bronze.
Jeremiah 5:3
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.
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush; therefore they shall fall among those who fall. At the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 10:16
Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stiff-necked.
Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. Behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against Jehovah. And how much more after my death?
1 Kings 22:14
And Micaiah said, As Jehovah lives, what Jehovah says to me, that I will speak.
2 Chronicles 30:8
And do not be stiffnecked like your fathers. Yield yourselves to Jehovah and enter into His temple which He has sanctified forever. And serve Jehovah your God, so that the fierceness of His wrath 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 from turning to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes his way.
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a harlot's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12
Were they ashamed when they had done an abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush; therefore they shall fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 26:2-3
So says Jehovah: Stand in the court of Jehovah's house and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah's house, all the Words that I command you to speak to them; do not keep back a word.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.
Acts 20:26-27
Therefore I testify to you on this day that I am pure from the blood of all.