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Ezekiel 3:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Lo! I have made thy, face bold, like as their, faces,—and thy, forehead bold, like as their forehead.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Beholde, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead harde against their foreheads.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Behold, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And, behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and I will strengthen thy power against their power.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Behold, x2009
(2009) Complement
הִנֵּה
hinneh
{hin-nay'}
Prolonged for H2005; lo!.
I have made 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
x853
(0853) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
thy face 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).
strong 2389
{2389} Prime
חָזָק
chazaq
{khaw-zawk'}
From H2388; strong (usually in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent).
against 5980
{5980} Prime
לְעֻמַּתה
`ummah
{oom-maw'}
From H6004; conjunction, that is, society; mostly adverbial or prepositional (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with.
their faces, 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).
and x853
(0853) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
thy forehead 4696
{4696} Prime
מֵצַח
metsach
{may'-tsakh}
From an unused root meaning to be clear, that is, conspicuous; the forehead (as open and prominent).
strong 2389
{2389} Prime
חָזָק
chazaq
{khaw-zawk'}
From H2388; strong (usually in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent).
against 5980
{5980} Prime
לְעֻמַּתה
`ummah
{oom-maw'}
From H6004; conjunction, that is, society; mostly adverbial or prepositional (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with.
their foreheads. 4696
{4696} Prime
מֵצַח
metsach
{may'-tsakh}
From an unused root meaning to be clear, that is, conspicuous; the forehead (as open and prominent).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Ezekiel 3:8

_ _ Ezekiel means one “strengthened by God.” Such he was in godly firmness, in spite of his people’s opposition, according to the divine command to the priest tribe to which he belonged (Deuteronomy 33:9).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Ezekiel 3:1-15.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 3:8

I have — I have given thee, constancy, and manly carriage. The more impudent wicked people are in their opposition to religion, the more openly and resolutely should God's people appear in the practice and defence of it.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I have made thy (b) face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

(b) God promises his assistance to his ministers, and that he will give them boldness and constancy in their calling, (Isaiah 50:7; Jeremiah 1:18; Micah 3:8).

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Exodus 4:15-16 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. ... And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
Exodus 11:4-8 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: ... And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found [thee]: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
Isaiah 50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Jeremiah 1:18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Micah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Acts 7:51-56 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye. ... And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:32-37 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets: ... They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 4:15; 11:4. 1K 21:20. Is 50:7. Jr 1:18; 15:20. Mi 3:8. Ac 7:51. He 11:27, 32.

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