Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
because {I know} that you [are] obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
New American Standard Bible
And your
And your
King James Version
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Holman Bible
and your neck is iron
and your forehead bronze,
International Standard Version
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and because your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,
A Conservative Version
Because I knew that thou are obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,
American Standard Version
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Amplified
“Because I know that you are obstinate,
And your neck is an iron tendon
And your brow is bronze [both unyielding],
Bible in Basic English
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Darby Translation
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,
Julia Smith Translation
From my knowledge that thou wert hard, and thy neck an iron sinew, and thy forehead of brass:
King James 2000
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;
Modern King James verseion
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your brow bronze.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Howbeit, I knew that thou art obstinate, and that thy neck hath an iron vein, and thy brow is of brass.
NET Bible
I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.
New Heart English Bible
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
The Emphasized Bible
Because I knew that - Obstinate, thou wast, - And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,
Webster
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
World English Bible
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
Youngs Literal Translation
From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
Themes
Brass » Illustrative of » Obstinate sinners
Iron » Illustrative » Of stubbornness
Resurrection » The lord revealing secrets
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 48:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel
3 "I declared the former things from {of old}, and they went out from my mouth. And I {announced} them suddenly; I acted, and they came [to pass], 4 because {I know} that you [are] obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze. 5 And I declared [them] to you from of old; I { announced} [them] to you before they came [to pass] so that you would not say, 'My idol did them, and my image and my cast image commanded them.'
Cross References
Exodus 32:9
And Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and, indeed, they [are] a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck [even now] while I [am] still alive with you {today}, rebelling against Yahweh, and {how much more} after my death.
Acts 7:51
"[You] stiff-necked [people] and uncircumcised in hearts and in [your] ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers [did], [so] also [do] you!
2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Proverbs 29:1
A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.
Exodus 33:3
[Go] to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up among you, because you [are] a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way."
Exodus 33:5
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Say to the {Israelites}, 'You [are] a stiff-necked people; [if] one moment I were to go up among you, I would destroy you. And now take down your ornaments from on you, and I will {decide} what I will do to you."
Deuteronomy 10:16
So you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and {do not be stubborn}.
2 Kings 17:14
But they did not listen and they stiffened their necks, like the necks of their ancestors who did not believe in Yahweh their God.
2 Chronicles 30:8
Now, do not stiffen your neck as your fathers, but give a hand to Yahweh and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve Yahweh your God that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
Nehemiah 9:16-17
"But they and our ancestors acted arrogantly and stiffened their neck and did not listen to your commandments.
Nehemiah 9:28
But when they had rest they returned to doing evil before you, and you abandoned them in the hand of their enemies, and they ruled over them. Then they returned and cried out to you, and from the heavens you heard and many times rescued them according to your compassions.
Psalm 75:5
Do not lift up high your horn. Do [not] speak with {arrogant pride}.'"
Psalm 78:8
and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation [that] did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful [to] God.
Isaiah 46:12
Listen to me, strong of heart, far from righteousness!
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore rain showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come. Yet {you have} [the] forehead of a woman prostitute, you refuse to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 5:3
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.
Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they have not listened to me and they have not inclined their ear, but they have hardened their neck, they did more evil than their ancestors.
Jeremiah 19:15
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, I [am] about to bring to this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their neck to not hear my words.'"
Ezekiel 3:4-9
And he said to me, "Son of man, come! Go to the house of Israel, and you must speak to them with my words.
Daniel 5:20
But {when} his heart became arrogant and his spirit became hard [so as] to act proudly, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and the glory {was taken away from him}.
Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.
Romans 2:5
But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
Hebrews 3:13
But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.