EZE 3:8 Parallel View

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ULT Behold! I have made your face as hard as their faces and your brow as hard as their brows.

BSB § Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

OEB Behold I make thee as bold and unyielding as they.

WEB Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.

NET “I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.

LSV Behold, I have made your face strong against their face, and your forehead strong against their forehead.

FBV Look! I'm going to make you as tough as them, and as strong-minded as them.[fn]

3:8 Ezekiel's name means “God strengthens.”

T4T But I will enable you [SYN] to be as stubborn and tough as they are.

LEB But look, I have made[fn] your face hardagainst[fn] their faces and your forehead hardagainst[fn] their forehead.

?:? Or “set”

?:? Literally “to correspond to”

BBE See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.

MOF No MOF EZE book available

JPS Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

ASV Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

DRA Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads.

YLT 'Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.

DBY Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

RV Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

WBS Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

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

BB Beholde therefore, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, & thy forehead strong against their foreheades.
(Behold therefore, I have made thy/your face strong against their faces, and thy/your forehead strong against their foreheades.)

GNV Beholde, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead harde against their foreheads.
(Behold, I have made thy/your face strong against their faces, and thy/your forehead harde against their foreheads. )

CB Beholde therfore, I will make thy face preuayle agaynst their faces, and harden thy foreheade agaynst their foreheades:
(Behold therefore, I will make thy/your face preuayle against their faces, and harden thy/your foreheade against their foreheades:)

WYC Lo! Y yaf thi face strongere than the faces of hem, and thi forheed hardere than the forheedis of hem.
(Lo! I gave thy/your face strongere than the faces of them, and thy/your forheed hardere than the forheedis of them.)

LUT Aber doch habe ich dein Angesicht hart gemacht gegen ihr Angesicht und deine Stirn gegen ihre Stirn.
(But though/but have I your Angesicht hart made gegen her Angesicht and your Stirn gegen ihre Stirn.)

CLV Ecce dedi faciem tuam valentiorem faciebus eorum, et frontem tuam duriorem frontibus eorum:
(Behold dedi faciem tuam valentiorem faciebus eorum, and frontem tuam duriorem frontibus eorum: )

BRN And, behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and I will strengthen thy power against their power.

BrLXX Καὶ ἰδοὺ δέδωκα τὸ πρόσωπόν σου δυνατὸν κατέναντι τῶν προσώπων αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ νῖκός σου κατισχύσω κατέναντι τοῦ νίκους αὐτῶν·
(Kai idou dedōka to prosōpon sou dunaton katenanti tōn prosōpōn autōn, kai to nikos sou katisⱪusō katenanti tou nikous autōn; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Behold!

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! I_give DOM face,your hard like,against_of faces,their and, forehead,your hard like,against_of foreheads,their )

The word “Behold” here alerts Ezekiel to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I have made your face as hard as their faces

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! I_give DOM face,your hard like,against_of faces,their and, forehead,your hard like,against_of foreheads,their )

A hard face is a metaphor for being stubborn. Alternate translation: “I have made you as stubborn as they are”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) I have made … your brow as hard as their brows

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! I_give DOM face,your hard like,against_of faces,their and, forehead,your hard like,against_of foreheads,their )

The “brow” is the forehead or eyebrow and is a metonym for what the person thinks. Alternate translation: “I have made … you strong so you will not stop doing what you are doing”

Parallel EZE 3:8