Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Therefore the children of Israel don't eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass

That would help to ensure that three decades of legal reform is more bone and sinew than running water.

As a result of the government s threat to the independence of the judiciary, they concluded, the bone and sinew of the results of our long and hard labors thus become as running water.