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Deuteronomy 10:16

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

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וּמַלְתֶּ֕םumaltemand circumciseמוּלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and circumcise”, a completed action in a sequenceH4135to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroycircumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עָרְלַ֣תarelatforeskinעׇרְלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “foreskin”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6190the prepuceforeskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.לְבַבְכֶ֑םlevavkhembreastלֵבָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3824the heart (as the most interior organ);[phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.וְעָ֨רְפְּכֶ֔םvearepekhemand back neckעֹרֶףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and back neck”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6203the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)back ((stiff-) neck((-ed).לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תַקְשׁ֖וּtaqshvbe cruelקָשָׁהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be cruel”, an unfinished actionH7185properly, 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)).עֽוֹדodagainעוֹדadverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Young’s Literal Translation

and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;

World English Bible

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.

Darby Translation

Circumcise then the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

Douay-Rheims

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Therefore ye shall circumcise the hardness of your heart, and ye shall not harden your neck.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ περιτεμεῖσθε τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν, καὶ τὸν τράχηλον ὑμῶν οὐ σκληρυνεῖτε.

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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