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Isaiah 48:4

For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

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ASV

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

KJV

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִדַּעְתִּ֕יmi.da'.Tifor knew IH3045 →
כִּ֥יkithatH3588 →
קָשֶׁ֖הka.Sheh[were] stubbornH7186 →
אָ֑תָּה'A.tahyouH859 →
וְגִ֤ידve.Gidand [was] a sinew ofH1517 →
בַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelironH1270 →
עָרְפֶּ֔ךָ'a.re.Pe.khaneck yourH6203 →
וּמִצְחֲךָ֖u.mitz.cha.Khaand forehead yourH4696 →
נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ne.chu.Shah[was] bronzeH5154 →

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Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.Exodus 32:9The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.Zechariah 7:11–12But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.Ezekiel 3:4–9Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.Jeremiah 19:15“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!Exodus 33:5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.Psalms 75:5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”Exodus 33:3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”Isaiah 46:12Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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