Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.
New American Standard Bible
Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
King James Version
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Holman Bible
Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
International Standard Version
So pay attention! I'm going to make you just as obstinate and unyielding as they are.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
American Standard Version
Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
Amplified
Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
Bible in Basic English
See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
Darby Translation
Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I gave thy face strong over against their face, and thy forehead strong over against their forehead.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[But] look, I have made your face hard {against} their faces and your forehead hard {against} their forehead.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces and your forehead strong against their foreheads.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, therefore, I will make thy face prevail against their faces, and harden thy forehead against their foreheads;
NET Bible
"I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! I have made thy face bold like as their faces, and thy forehead bold like as their forehead.
Webster
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
World English Bible
Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.
Themes
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
Leaders » Responsibility of » Select reading
Ministers » Remuneration of » Responsibility of
Prophets » Were required » To be bold and undaunted
Rebellion against God » Ministers » Sent to those guilty of
Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
Responsibility » According to privileges » Of ministers, etc
Interlinear
Nathan
Paniym
Chazaq
חזק
Chazaq
strong, mighty, sore, stronger, harder, hottest, impudent, loud, stiffhearted
Usage: 57
`ummah
עמּה
`ummah
Usage: 32
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 3:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Call Of Ezekiel To Speak God's Words
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto you; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 Like adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18
For, behold, I have made you this day a fenced city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
Exodus 4:15-16
And you shall speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
Exodus 11:4-8
And Moses said, Thus says the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
1 Kings 21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
Isaiah 50:7
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make you unto this people a fortified bronze wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD.
Micah 3:8
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of justice, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Acts 7:51-56
You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:32-37
And what shall I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: