NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon But they obeyedshama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) not neither inclined natah (naw-taw') to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield. their ear 'ozen (o'-zen) broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) -- + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show. but made their neck `oreph (o-ref') the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative) -- back (stiff-)neck(-ed). stiff qashah (kaw-shaw') to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications) that they might not hear shama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) nor receive laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) instruction muwcar (moo-sawr') chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint -- bond, chastening (-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction. King James Bible But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. Holman Christian Standard Bible They wouldn't listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline. International Standard Version But they didn't listen, nor did they pay attention. They were determined not to listen and not to accept instruction. NET Bible 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.' GOD'S WORD® Translation Your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me. They were impossible to deal with and would not listen or accept discipline. King James 2000 Bible But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. Links Jeremiah 17:23Jeremiah 17:23 NIV Jeremiah 17:23 NLT Jeremiah 17:23 ESV Jeremiah 17:23 NASB Jeremiah 17:23 KJV |