Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
That they may hear?
Behold, their
And they cannot listen.
Behold,
They have no delight in it.
King James Version
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Holman Bible
that they will listen?
Look, their ear is uncircumcised,
so they cannot pay attention.
See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them—
they find no pleasure in it.
International Standard Version
To whom will I speak and give a warning so they'll listen? Look, their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. Look, this message from the LORD is contemptible to them; they don't delight in it.
A Conservative Version
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken. Behold, the word of LORD has become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
American Standard Version
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Amplified
To whom shall I (Jeremiah) speak and give warning
That they may hear?
Behold, their ears are
And they cannot listen.
Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reprimand and an object of scorn to them;
They have no delight in it.
Bible in Basic English
To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.
Darby Translation
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Julia Smith Translation
To whom shall I speak and testify, and they will hear? behold, their ear being uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah was to them for a reproach; they will not delight in it
King James 2000
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
To whom shall I speak and admonish, that they may hear? Look, their ears [are] {closed}, and they are not able to listen attentively. Look, the word of Yahweh is to them an object of scorn, they do not delight in it.
Modern King James verseion
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are not circumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the Word of Jehovah is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But unto whom shall I speak, whom shall I warn, that he may take heed? Their ears are so uncircumcised, that they may not hear. Behold, they take the word of God but for a scorn, and have no lust thereto.
NET Bible
I answered, "Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
New Heart English Bible
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.
The Emphasized Bible
Unto whom, can I speak - and bear witness, that they may hear? Lo! uncircumcised, is their ear, that they cannot attend, - Lo! the word of Yahweh, hath become to them a reproach, they take no delight therein.
Webster
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
World English Bible
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen. Behold, the word of Yahweh has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.
Youngs Literal Translation
To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear is uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.
Themes
Circumcision » Illustrative of » Readiness to hear and obey
Delighting in God » Hypocrites » In heart despise
ears » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised
Message despised » Of the word of God
Rejection » Of Christ » Of the word of God
Topics
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
9
“They will
Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer
Over the branches.”
That they may hear?
Behold, their
And they cannot listen.
Behold,
They have no delight in it.
I am
“
And on the
For both husband and wife shall be taken,
The aged
Cross References
Acts 7:51
“You men who are
Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but
Exodus 6:12
But Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me;
Isaiah 53:1
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day
2 Chronicles 36:15-16
The Lord, the God of their fathers,
Psalm 1:2
And in His law he meditates
Psalm 40:8
Psalm 119:16
I shall
Psalm 119:24
They are
Psalm 119:35
For I
Psalm 119:70
But I
Psalm 119:77
For Your law is my
Psalm 119:174
And Your law is my
Isaiah 6:9-10
He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’
Isaiah 28:9-13
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just
Those just taken from the breast?
Isaiah 42:23-25
Who will give heed and listen hereafter?
Jeremiah 4:4
And remove the foreskins of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My
And burn with
Because of the evil of your deeds.”
Jeremiah 5:4-5
They are foolish;
For they
Or the ordinance of their God.
Jeremiah 20:8-9
I
Because for me the
In reproach and derision all day long.
Ezekiel 3:18-21
When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his
Ezekiel 33:3
and he sees the sword coming upon the land and
Ezekiel 33:9
But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he
Amos 7:10
Then Amaziah, the
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the
Luke 11:45
One of the
Luke 20:19
The scribes and the chief priests
John 7:7
John 9:40
Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “
Acts 7:60
Then
Romans 7:22
For I joyfully concur with the law of God
Colossians 1:28
We proclaim Him,
2 Timothy 4:3
For
Hebrews 11:7
By faith