Jeremiah 17:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear. They stiffened their necks and would not listen or take correction.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֣א שָֽׁמְע֔וּ וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֣י *שומע **שְׁמ֔וֹעַ וּלְבִלְתִּ֖י קַ֥חַת מוּסָֽר׃

Transliteration

And-not šāmĕʿû and-not hiṭṭû direct-object-marker-ʾoznām and-yyaqšû direct-object-marker-ʿorpām to-not šĕmôaʿ and-to-not qaḥat mûsār

Grammar Details

• *šāmĕʿû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they heard/listened
• *hiṭṭû*: hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural - they inclined
• *ʾoznām*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their ear
• *yyaqšû*: hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive 3rd person masculine plural - they stiffened
• *ʿorpām*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their neck
• *šĕmôaʿ*: qal infinitive construct - to hear/listen
• *qaḥat*: qal infinitive construct - to take/receive
• *mûsār*: masculine singular noun - instruction/discipline

Word Meanings

• *šāmĕʿû*: heard/listened/obeyed
• *hiṭṭû*: inclined/turned/bent
• *yyaqšû*: stiffened/hardened/made stubborn
• *mûsār*: instruction/discipline/correction

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  How be it they obeyed me not, nether herkened they vnto me: but were obstinate & stubburne, ad nether obeyed me, ner receaued my correccion.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But they obeied not, neither inclined their eares, but made their neckes stiffe and would not heare, nor receiue correction.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Howbeit they obeyed me not, neither hearkened they vnto me: but were obstinate & stubburne, and neither obeyed me, nor receaued my correction.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.’

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:1 : 1 A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.
• 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.
• Jer 11:10 : 10 They have turned back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors.
• 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.
• Jer 32:33 : 33 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them persistently, they refused to listen or accept correction.
• Ezek 20:21 : 21 But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes, and they did not keep my ordinances to obey them, though by them a person will live. They profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the wilderness.
• Zeph 3:7 : 7 I said, ‘Surely you will fear me; you will accept discipline.’ Then her dwelling would not be destroyed, despite all that I have appointed against her. But they arose early and corrupted all their deeds.
• 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.
• Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew how stubborn you are, with your neck as iron sinew and your forehead like bronze,
• Jer 7:24-26 : 24 But they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, they walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts. They went backward, not forward. 25 From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I sent all my servants the prophets to you, again and again. 26 But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.
• Jer 7:28 : 28 So you shall say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept discipline; truth has perished and is cut off from their lips.'
• Jer 6:8 : 8 Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will become alienated from you and make you a desolation, a land uninhabited.
• Ps 50:17 : 17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
• Prov 1:3 : 3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity,
• Prov 1:5 : 5 Let the wise hear and increase their learning, and the one who understands gain guidance,
• Prov 5:12 : 12 You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!'
• Prov 8:10 : 10 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
• John 3:19-21 : 19 This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their deeds have been done in God.
• Jer 35:15 : 15 I sent all My servants the prophets to you persistently, saying: 'Turn now, each one of you, from your evil ways and correct your deeds. Do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall dwell in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to Me.
• Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.
• Ezek 20:16 : 16 because they rejected my ordinances, did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths, for their hearts followed after their idols.
• Jer 16:11-12 : 11 Then you are to answer them: 'It is because your ancestors abandoned Me,' declares the LORD, 'and followed other gods, served them, and worshiped them. But they abandoned Me and did not keep My law. 12 And you have behaved even more wickedly than your ancestors, each one following the stubbornness of their own evil heart instead of listening to Me.