4Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;


In Context

1 Hear you this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

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

5 I have even from the beginning declared it to you; before it came to pass I showed it you: lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.

6 You have heard, see all this; and will not you declare it? I have showed you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you did not know them.

Isaiah 48:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:4Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:4For I knew how stubborn you were; the sinews of your neck were iron, your forehead was bronze.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:4For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:4Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:4From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,