1 Nephi 15:10

~600–592 BC

1830 Edition

Behold, I said unto them, How is it that ye do not keep the commandments of the Lord? How is it that ye will perish, because of the hardness of your hearts?

Influences

Luke 12:56 (KJV)
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

Changes

Behold, I said unto them,: How is it that ye do not keep the commandments of the Lord? How is it that ye will perish, because of the hardness of your hearts?

Simple English

I said to them: 'Why don’t you obey God’s commandments? Why will you die because your hearts are hard?'

Paraphrase

'How can you say that? Why don’t you keep God’s commandments? Your stubbornness is going to destroy you.'