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


In Context

1 |Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, 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; Yahweh of Armies is his name):

3 I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they happened.

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

5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.'

6 You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? |I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

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 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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