Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they have turned to me [their] backs and not [their] faces, though {I have taught them over and over again}, but they [were] not listening to accept discipline.

New American Standard Bible

They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen and receive instruction.

King James Version

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Holman Bible

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline.

International Standard Version

They have turned their backs to me rather than their faces. Even though I taught them, teaching them again and again, they didn't listen to accept correction.

A Conservative Version

And they have turned the back to me, and not the face. And though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

American Standard Version

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Amplified

They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them repeatedly, yet they would not listen and receive instruction.

Bible in Basic English

And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

Darby Translation

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, rising early and teaching, they hearkened not to receive instruction.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will turn to me the neck and not the face: and teaching them, and rising early and teaching, and they not hearing to receive instruction.

King James 2000

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Modern King James verseion

And they have turned the back to Me, and not the face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When I stood up early, and taught them and instructed them, they turned their backs to me, and not their faces.

NET Bible

They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

New Heart English Bible

They have turned to me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

The Emphasized Bible

Thus have they turned unto me the back, and not the face, - Though I instructed them, betimes, instructing them, Yet have they not been hearkening, to receive correction;

Webster

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.

World English Bible

They have turned to me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they turn unto Me the neck, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not hearkening to accept instruction.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּנה 
Panah 
Usage: 134

unto me the back
ערף 
`oreph 
Usage: 35

and not the face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

שׁכם 
Shakam 
Usage: 65

to receive
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Jeremiah Buys A Field

32 because of all the evil of the people of Israel and the people of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger--they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned to me [their] backs and not [their] faces, though {I have taught them over and over again}, but they [were] not listening to accept discipline. 34 And they set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:27

[Those who] say to the tree, 'You [are] my father,' and to the stone, 'You gave birth [to] me.' For they have turned [their] {backs} to me, and not [their] faces. But in the time of their trouble they say, 'Arise and save us.'

Jeremiah 7:13

And now, because of your doing all these things," {declares} Yahweh, "and {I have spoken to you over and over again}, and you have not listened, and I called you, and you have not answered,

Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me to the inner courtyard of the house of Yahweh, and look, [at] the doorway of the temple of Yahweh, between the portico and the altar, [there were] about twenty-five men [with] their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east, and they [were] bowing down toward the east before the sun.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

And Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, had repeatedly and persistently sent to them by the hand of his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

Jeremiah 7:24

Yet they did not obey, and they did not incline their ear, but they walked in [their own] plans, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and {they became worse instead of better}.

Jeremiah 26:5

to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I have sent to you, {over and over again}, though you have not listened,

Jeremiah 35:15

And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, {I have sent them over and over again}, {saying}, 'Turn back please each one from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and you must not go after other gods to serve them, {so that you may live} on the land that I gave to you and to your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear and you did not listen to me.

John 8:2

Now early in the morning he came again to the temple [courts]. And all the people were coming, and he sat down [and] began to teach them.

Jeremiah 18:17

Like the wind from the east I will scatter them {before} [the] enemy. I will show them [my] back and not [my] face in the day of their disaster.'"

Jeremiah 25:3-4

"From [the] thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, the king of Judah, even up to this day, these twenty-three years the word of Yahweh has come to me, and {I have spoken to you over and over again}, but you have not listened.

Jeremiah 44:4

And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, {sending over and over again}, {saying}, "Please, you must not do this detestable thing that I hate."

Hosea 11:2

When I called them, they went from my face. They sacrificed to the Baals, and they sacrificed to idols.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.

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