King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Complete Jewish Bible:
He who remains stiffnecked after much rebuke will be suddenly and incurably broken.
Berean Standard Bible:
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
American Standard Version:
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
He{H376}, that being often reproved{H8433} hardeneth{H7185} his neck{H6203}, shall suddenly{H6621} be destroyed{H7665}, and that without remedy{H4832}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Proverbs 6:15
- Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
1 Samuel 2:25
- If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
Proverbs 28:18
- ¶ Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs 1:24
- Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Proverbs 1:31
- Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Zechariah 7:11
- But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Zechariah 7:14
- But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
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Commentary for Proverbs 29:1
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H376
There are 1507 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אִישׁ
Transliteration: ʼîysh
Pronunciation: eesh
Description: contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה. - Strong's Number: H8433
There are 28 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תּוֹכֵחָה
Transliteration: tôwkêchâh
Pronunciation: to-kay-khaw'
Description: and תּוֹכַחַת; from יָכַח; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence); argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved. - Strong's Number: H7185
There are 28 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קָשָׁה
Transliteration: qâshâh
Pronunciation: kaw-shaw'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications); be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)). - Strong's Number: H6203
There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עֹרֶף
Transliteration: ʻôreph
Pronunciation: o-ref'
Description: from עָרַף; the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative); back ((stiff-) neck((-ed). - Strong's Number: H6621
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פֶּתַע
Transliteration: pethaʻ
Pronunciation: peh'-thah
Description: from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes); (compare פִּתְאוֹם); a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly; at an instant, suddenly, [idiom] very. - Strong's Number: H7665
There are 145 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁבַר
Transliteration: shâbar
Pronunciation: shaw-bar'
Description: a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר). - Strong's Number: H4832
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַרְפֵּא
Transliteration: marpêʼ
Pronunciation: mar-pay'
Description: from רָפָא; properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity; (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.