Verse 11

But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men de ville ikke høre; de snudde seg bort og gjorde ørene tunge for å ikke høre.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men de nektet å lytte og trakk skulderen unna, og de stoppet til ørene for ikke å høre.

• Norsk King James

  Men de nektet å høre, trakk på skuldrene og stoppet ørene for å unngå å høre.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men de ville ikke lytte, de vendte ryggen trassig og gjorde ørene tunghørte for ikke å høre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men de nektet å lytte, vendte seg vekk og holdt sine ører tunge for ikke å høre.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men de nektet å høre, og trakk bort skulderen, og holdt for ørene for ikke å høre.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men de ville ikke høre; de trakk seg unna og lukket ørene for å unngå å høre.

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

  Men de nektet å høre, og trakk bort skulderen, og holdt for ørene for ikke å høre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men de nektet å høre og vendte en skulder til i trass, og de gjorde sine ører tunge for å ikke høre.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men de nektet å høre og ga en gjenstridig skulder, og de gjorde ørene tunge for ikke å høre.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men de vægrede sig for at give Agt derpaa, og vendte Ryg modvilligen, og de gjorde deres Øren tunghørende for ikke at høre.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men de nektet å høre og trakk skulderen bort og stoppet ørene så de ikke skulle høre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men de nektet å lytte, og vendte ryggen til, og stoppet ørene for ikke å høre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men de nektet å lytte, ga en gjenstridig skulder, og gjorde ørene tunge mot å høre.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men de nektet å høre, de dro skuldrene unna, og de tilstoppet ørene, så de ikke kunne høre.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men de ville ikke lytte, de vendte ryggen til og lukket ørene for å ikke høre;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles they wolde not take hede, but turned their backes, and stopped their eares, that they shulde not heare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neuerthelesse, they would not take heede, but turned their backes, & stopped their eares that they should not heare:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Neh 9:29 : 29 You testified against them, that You might bring them back to Your law. Yet they acted proudly and did not heed Your commandments but sinned against Your judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them. And they shrugged their shoulders, stiffened their necks, and would not hear.
• Jer 8:5 : 5 Why then has this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return.
• Hos 4:16 : 16 For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn calf: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large space.
• Zech 1:4 : 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor listen to Me, says the LORD.
• Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
• Acts 7:57 : 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord,
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:
• Zeph 3:2 : 2 She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in the LORD; she did not draw near to her God.
• Jer 11:10 : 10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
• Jer 13:10 : 10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the imagination of their heart, and follow other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, will be like this belt, which is good for nothing.
• Jer 17:23 : 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
• Jer 26:5-6 : 5 To listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened; 6 Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
• Jer 35:15 : 15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
• Jer 36:31 : 31 And I will punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they did not listen.
• Jer 44:16 : 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
• Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hardhearted.
• Dan 9:5 : 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments:
• Ps 58:4-5 : 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear; 5 Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.
• Prov 1:24-32 : 24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, yet no one paid attention; 25 But you have disregarded all my counsel, and would have none of my rebuke; 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes; 27 When your fear comes like desolation, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD; 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke. 31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.
• Isa 1:19-20 : 19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
• Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.
• Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus says the LORD, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it. 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.
• Jer 7:24 : 24 But they did not listen, nor incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
• Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
• 2 Kgs 17:13-15 : 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Nevertheless they would not listen, but stiffened their necks, like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; they followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves, and went after the nations that were around them, although the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.
• 2 Chr 33:10 : 10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen.
• Neh 9:17 : 17 They refused to obey, and were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them.
• Neh 9:26 : 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against You, cast Your law behind their backs, and killed Your prophets who testified against them, to turn them back to You, and they performed great provocations.