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Ezekiel Chapter 3 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
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BBE Ezekiel 3:8

See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
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DARBY Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
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KJV Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
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WBT Ezekiel 3:8

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WEB Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
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YLT Ezekiel 3:8

`Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - I have made thy face strong; literally, as in the Revised Version, hard. Ezekiel's name was at once nomen et omen. Hard as Israel might be, he could be made harder, i.e. stronger, than they, end should prevail against them (compare the parallels of Isaiah 1:7; Jeremiah 1:18; Jeremiah 15:20). The boldness of God's prophets is a strictly supernatural gift. Whatever persistency there may be in evil, they will be able to meet it, perhaps to overcome it, by a greater persistency in good.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Thy face strong against their faces.--The word strong is the same here as that rendered impudent (marg. stiff) in Ezekiel 3:7. Of course it must have a different shade of meaning in its application to the rebellious people and to the prophet; but the main thought is taken from the figure of horned animals in their contests, and God promises Ezekiel to make him in the struggle stronger than those who oppose him. The same thing is expressed by another figure in Ezekiel 3:9.