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Bible in Basic English

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

New American Standard Bible

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.

King James Version

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Holman Bible

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

International Standard Version

But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening.

A Conservative Version

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

American Standard Version

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Amplified

But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears.

Darby Translation

But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.

King James 2000

But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

But they refused to listen, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and made heavy their ears from hearing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Nevertheless, they would not take heed, but turned their backs and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

NET Bible

"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

New Heart English Bible

But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

The Emphasized Bible

Howbeit they refused to give heed, but put forth a rebellious shoulder, - and, their ears, made they hard of hearing, that they might not hear;

Webster

But they refused to hearken, and withdrew the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

World English Bible

But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מאן 
Ma'en 
Usage: 41

to hearken
קשׁב 
Qashab 
Usage: 46

and pulled away
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

the shoulder
כּתף 
Katheph 
Usage: 67

and stopped
כּבד כּבד 
Kabad 
Usage: 114

אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

References

Smith

Context Readings

Disobedience And Fasting

10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother. 11 But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing; 12 And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

Hosea 4:16

For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place.

Zechariah 1:4

Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.

Exodus 10:3

Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

2 Kings 17:13-15

And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.

2 Chronicles 33:10

And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

Nehemiah 9:17

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.

Psalm 58:4-5

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

Proverbs 1:24-32

Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

Isaiah 1:19-20

If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;

Isaiah 6:10

Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.

Jeremiah 6:16-17

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

Jeremiah 7:24

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

Jeremiah 11:10

They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 13:10

These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

Jeremiah 17:23

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.

Jeremiah 26:5-6

And give ear to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, getting up early and sending them, though you gave no attention;

Jeremiah 35:15

And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.

Jeremiah 36:31

And I will send punishment on him and on his seed and on his servants for their evil-doing; I will send on them and on the people of Jerusalem and the men of Judah, all the evil which I said against them, but they did not give ear.

Jeremiah 44:16

As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.

Daniel 9:5

We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:

Zephaniah 3:2

She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.

Acts 7:51

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

Acts 7:57

But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,

Hebrews 10:38-39

But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

Hebrews 12:25

See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

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