Parallel Verses
Webster
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
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.
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.
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.
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sabbath Day
22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. 24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken to me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
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Cross References
Jeremiah 11:10
They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Jeremiah 19:15
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Acts 7:51
Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Psalm 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Proverbs 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
Proverbs 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Jeremiah 6:8
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
Jeremiah 7:24-26
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah 7:28
But thou shalt say to them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth hath perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Jeremiah 16:11-12
Then shalt thou say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Jeremiah 32:33
And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Jeremiah 35:15
I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.
Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man doeth, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Ezekiel 20:16
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Ezekiel 20:21
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man doeth, he shall even live in them: they profaned my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Zephaniah 3:7
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, however I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to hearken, and withdrew the shoulder, 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 men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.