Verse 4

Because I knew how stubborn you are, with your neck as iron sinew and your forehead like bronze,

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For jeg vet at du er stivhalset, at nakken din er hard som jern, og pannen din hard som kobber.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Fordi jeg visste at du er hard, og at nakken din er som en jernsene, og at panna di er av bronse.

• Norsk King James

  Fordi jeg visste at du er sta, og din nakke er lik jern, og din panne er som bronse;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For jeg visste at du er sta, og at nakken din er som jern, og pannen din er som kobber.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Fordi jeg visste at du er hård, at din nakke er som et jernbånd, og din panne er av kobber,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Fordi jeg visste at du er sta, og at din nakke er som en jernsene, og din panne er som bronse.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For jeg visste at du var sta, at nakken din var som jern, og at pannen din var av bronse.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Fordi jeg visste at du er sta, og at din nakke er som en jernsene, og din panne er som bronse.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For jeg vet at du er hard, at din nakke er en jernsen, og din panne er av kobber.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Fordi jeg visste at du er hårdnakket, og din nakke er av jernsenener, og din panne er av kobber.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  fordi jeg vidste, at du er haard, og din Nakke er en Jernsene, og din Pande er Kobber.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fordi jeg visste at du er sta, og at din nakke er en jernsenet, og din panne er bronse;

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow as bronze;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fordi jeg visste at du er hard, og din nakke er en jernsenet, og din panne er som kobber;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Fordi jeg visste at du er stivsinnet, og din nakke er som jern og din panne som kobber.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Fordi jeg visste at du er sta, og at din nakke er en jernsene, og din panne er av bronse;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Fordi jeg så at ditt hjerte var hardt, og at din nakke var som en jernstang, og din panne av bronse;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Howbeit I knewe that thou art obstinate, and that thy neck hath an yron vane, and that thy brow is of brasse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because I knewe, that thou art obstinate, & thy necke is an yron sinew, & thy brow brasse,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Howbeit I knowe that thou art obstinate, and that thy necke hath an iron sinowe, and that thy browe is of brasse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 32:9 : 9 The LORD also said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people."
• Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.
• Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.
• Deut 31:27 : 27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after my death!
• Exod 33:3 : 3 Go to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.
• 2 Chr 36:13 : 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.
• Isa 46:12 : 12 Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness.
• Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore, the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen face of a prostitute; you refuse to show any shame.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent.
• Jer 7:26 : 26 But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.
• Jer 19:15 : 15 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring upon this city and all its surrounding towns all the disaster I pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks and refused to listen to My words.
• Ezek 3:4-9 : 4 Then he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them." 5 For you are not being sent to a people with an obscure language or a difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel. 6 You are not sent to many peoples with unintelligible speech or difficult tongues whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me. The entire house of Israel is hard-headed and stubborn-hearted. 8 Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as strong as their foreheads. 9 I have made your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not fear them or be dismayed by their faces, even though they are a rebellious house.
• Dan 5:20 : 20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
• Neh 9:16-17 : 16 But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments. 17 They refused to listen and did not remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, and You did not abandon them.
• Neh 9:28 : 28 But as soon as they had rest, they returned to doing evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to their enemies, who ruled over them. Yet when they again cried out to You, You heard from heaven and rescued them many times in Your abundant mercy.
• Ps 75:5 : 5 I said to the arrogant, ‘Do not boast’; and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.’
• Ps 78:8 : 8 They would not be like their ancestors—a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal, whose spirits were not faithful to God.
• Exod 33:5 : 5 For the LORD had said to Moses, 'Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you for even a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, and I will decide what to do with you.’
• Deut 10:16 : 16 Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your hearts and do not be stiff-necked any longer.
• 2 Kgs 17:14 : 14 But they would not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks like their fathers who did not believe in the Lord their God.
• 2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Now do not harden your necks as your ancestors did. Submit to the LORD; come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Heb 3:13 : 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.