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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Howbeit, they obeyed me not, neither hearkened they unto me: but were obstinate and stubborn, and neither obeyed me, nor received my correction.
New American Standard Bible
Yet they
King James Version
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Holman Bible
They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate,
International Standard Version
But they didn't listen, nor did they pay attention. They were determined not to listen and not to accept instruction.
A Conservative Version
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
American Standard Version
But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
Amplified
Yet they would not listen and obey and control their behavior; but they were stiff-necked in order not to hear and take instruction.
Bible in Basic English
But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.
Darby Translation
but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but hardened their neck, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
Julia Smith Translation
And they heard not, and they inclined not their ear, and they will harden their neck not to hear, and not to receive instruction.
King James 2000
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yet they did not listen, and they did not incline their ear, and they hardened their neck [so as] to not hear, nor to receive discipline.
Modern King James verseion
But they did not obey, nor bowed down their ear, but made their neck stiff, so that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
NET Bible
Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.'
New Heart English Bible
But they did not listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
The Emphasized Bible
Howbeit they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, - but stiffened their neck, that they might not hearken, neither receive correction.
Webster
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
World English Bible
But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 17:23
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Context Readings
The Sabbath Day
22 ye shall bear no burden also out of your houses in the Sabbath: Ye shall do no labour therein, but hallow the Sabbath, as I commanded your fathers. 23 Howbeit, they obeyed me not, neither hearkened they unto me: but were obstinate and stubborn, and neither obeyed me, nor received my correction. 24 Nevertheless, if ye will hear me, sayeth the LORD, and bear no burden into the city through this gate upon the Sabbath; If ye will hallow the Sabbath, so that ye do no work therein;
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Cross References
Jeremiah 11:10
They have turned themselves to the blasphemies of their forefathers, which had no lust to hear my word. Even likewise have these also followed strange gods, and worshiped them. The houses of Israel and Judah have broken my covenant, which I made with their fathers.
Jeremiah 19:15
"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon every town about it, all the plagues that I have devised against them: for they have been obstinate, and would not obey my warnings."
Proverbs 29:1
He that is stiff necked and will not be reformed, shall suddenly be destroyed without any help.
Acts 7:51
"Ye stiffnecked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears: ye have always resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Psalm 50:17
whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?
Proverbs 1:3
righteousness, judgment and equity.
Proverbs 1:5
By hearing, the wise man shall come by more wisdom:
Proverbs 5:12
and then say, "Alas, why hated I nurture? Why did my heart despise correction?
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my doctrine therefore, and not silver: and my knowledge, more than fine gold.
Isaiah 48:4
Howbeit, I knew that thou art obstinate, and that thy neck hath an iron vein, and thy brow is of brass.
Jeremiah 6:8
Amend thee, O Jerusalem, lest I withdraw my heart from thee, and make thee desolate: and thy land also, that no man dwell in it."
Jeremiah 7:24-26
But they were not obedient. They inclined not their ears thereunto, but went after their own imaginations and after the motions of their own wicked heart: and so turned themselves away, and converted not unto me.
Jeremiah 7:28
Therefore shalt thou say unto them, 'This is the people, that neither heareth the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth his correction. Faithfulness and truth is clean rooted out of their mouth.
Jeremiah 16:11-12
Then make thou them this answer: Because your fathers have forsaken me, sayeth the LORD, and have cleaved unto strange gods, whom they have honored and worshiped: but me have they forsaken, and have not kept my law.
Jeremiah 32:33
When I stood up early, and taught them and instructed them, they turned their backs to me, and not their faces.
Jeremiah 35:15
Yea, I have sent my servants, all the prophets, unto you. I rose up early, and sent you word, saying: O turn you, every man from his wicked way: amend your lives, and go not after strange gods, to worship them: that ye may continue in the land, which I have given unto you and your fathers. But ye would neither hear me, nor follow me.
Ezekiel 20:13
And yet the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They would not walk in my commandments; they have cast away my laws, which whoso keepeth should live in them; and my Sabbath days have they greatly unhallowed. Then I made me to pour out my indignation upon them, and to consume them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:16
And that because they refused my laws, and walked not in my commandments, but had unhallowed my Sabbaths - for their heart was gone after their Idols.
Ezekiel 20:21
Notwithstanding, their sons rebelled against me also: they walked not in my statutes, they kept not my laws to fulfill them, which he that doth shall live in them; neither hallowed they my Sabbath days. Then I made me again to pour out my indignation over them, and to satisfy my wrath upon them in the wilderness.
Zephaniah 3:7
I said unto them, "O fear me, and be content to be reformed." That their dwelling should not be destroyed, and that there should happen unto them none of these things, wherewith I shall visit them. But nevertheless they stand up early, to follow the filthiness of their own imaginations.
Zechariah 7:11-12
Nevertheless, they would not take heed, but turned their backs and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
John 3:19-21
And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil.