Ezekiel 3:8

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“Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.”

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BSBPD

“Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 3:8 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 4:15You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  2. Exodus 11:4So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
  3. 1 Kings 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  4. Isaiah 50:7Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
  5. Jeremiah 1:18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
  6. Jeremiah 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
  7. Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
  8. Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  9. Hebrews 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
  10. Hebrews 11:32And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

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