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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 3:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 3:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Behold, I have made [05414] thy face [06440] strong [02389] against [05980] their faces [06440], and thy forehead [04696] strong [02389] against [05980] their foreheads [04696]. |
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King James |
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Ezekiel means one "strengthened by God." Such he was in godly firmness, in spite of his people's opposition, according to the divine command to the priest tribe to which he belonged (Deu 33:9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I have made ... thy forehead strong - I have given thee a strength superior to theirs; a metaphor taken from horned animals. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I have - I have given thee, constancy, and manly carriage. The more impudent wicked people are in their opposition to religion, the more openly and resolutely should God's people appear in the practice and defence of it. |
9 Who said [0559] unto his father [01] and to his mother [0517], I have not seen [07200] him; neither did he acknowledge [05234] his brethren [0251], nor knew [03045] his own children [01121]: for they have observed [08104] thy word [0565], and kept [05341] thy covenant [01285].