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King James Version (1611 Edition)
Nehemiah 9:16
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkned not to thy commandements:
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Christian Standard Bible®
But our ancestors acted arrogantly;they became stiff-necked and did not listen to your commands.
But our ancestors acted arrogantly;they became stiff-necked and did not listen to your commands.
Hebrew Names Version
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your mitzvot,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your mitzvot,
King James Version
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
English Standard Version
"But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.
"But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.
New Century Version
"But our ancestors were proud and stubborn and did not obey your commands.
"But our ancestors were proud and stubborn and did not obey your commands.
New English Translation
"But they—our ancestors—behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.
"But they—our ancestors—behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.
Amplified Bible
"But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They stiffened their necks and would not heed Your commandments.
"But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They stiffened their necks and would not heed Your commandments.
New American Standard Bible
"But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
"But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
World English Bible
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your commandments,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your commandments,
Geneva Bible (1587)
But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,
But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,
Legacy Standard Bible
"But they, our fathers, acted presumptuously;They became stiff‑necked and would not listen to Your commandments.
"But they, our fathers, acted presumptuously;They became stiff‑necked and would not listen to Your commandments.
Berean Standard Bible
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Contemporary English Version
Our stubborn ancestors refused to obey— they forgot about the miracles you had worked for them, and they were determined to return to Egypt and become slaves again.
Our stubborn ancestors refused to obey— they forgot about the miracles you had worked for them, and they were determined to return to Egypt and become slaves again.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘But they and our ancestors were arrogant; they stiffened their necks and ignored your mitzvot;
"‘But they and our ancestors were arrogant; they stiffened their necks and ignored your mitzvot;
Darby Translation
But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Easy-to-Read Version
But our ancestors became proud and stubborn. They refused to obey your commands.
But our ancestors became proud and stubborn. They refused to obey your commands.
George Lamsa Translation
But they and their fathers dealt wickedly and were stubborn and did not give ear to thy commandments,
But they and their fathers dealt wickedly and were stubborn and did not give ear to thy commandments,
Good News Translation
But our ancestors grew proud and stubborn and refused to obey your commands.
But our ancestors grew proud and stubborn and refused to obey your commands.
Lexham English Bible
"But they and our ancestors acted arrogantly and stiffened their neck and did not listen to your commandments.
"But they and our ancestors acted arrogantly and stiffened their neck and did not listen to your commandments.
Literal Translation
But they and our fathers acted presumptuously, and hardened their necks, and did not listen to Your commands.
But they and our fathers acted presumptuously, and hardened their necks, and did not listen to Your commands.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked, so that they folowed not yi comaundementes,
Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked, so that they folowed not yi comaundementes,
American Standard Version
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Bible in Basic English
But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,
But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But they and our fathers were proud and hardnecked, so that they folowed not thy commaundementes:
But they and our fathers were proud and hardnecked, so that they folowed not thy commaundementes:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to Thy commandments,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to Thy commandments,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
English Revised Version
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But `thei and oure fadris diden proudli, and maden hard her nollis, and herden not thi comaundementis.
But `thei and oure fadris diden proudli, and maden hard her nollis, and herden not thi comaundementis.
Update Bible Version
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your commandments,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your commandments,
Webster's Bible Translation
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
New King James Version
"But they and our fathers acted proudly, Hardened their necks, And did not heed Your commandments.
"But they and our fathers acted proudly, Hardened their necks, And did not heed Your commandments.
New Living Translation
"But our ancestors were proud and stubborn, and they paid no attention to your commands.
"But our ancestors were proud and stubborn, and they paid no attention to your commands.
New Life Bible
"But they, our fathers, acted with pride. They became strong-willed and would not listen to Your Words.
"But they, our fathers, acted with pride. They became strong-willed and would not listen to Your Words.
New Revised Standard
"But they and our ancestors acted presumptuously and stiffened their necks and did not obey your commandments;
"But they and our ancestors acted presumptuously and stiffened their necks and did not obey your commandments;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, they and our fathers, dealt proudly, - and hardened their neck, and hearkened not unto thy commandments;
But, they and our fathers, dealt proudly, - and hardened their neck, and hearkened not unto thy commandments;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.
Revised Standard Version
"But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey thy commandments;
"But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey thy commandments;
Young's Literal Translation
`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,
`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,
THE MESSAGE
But they, our ancestors, were arrogant; bullheaded, they wouldn't obey your commands. They turned a deaf ear, they refused to remember the miracles you had done for them; They turned stubborn, got it into their heads to return to their Egyptian slavery. And you, a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, Incredibly patient, with tons of love— you didn't dump them. Yes, even when they cast a sculpted calf and said, "This is your god Who brought you out of Egypt," and continued from bad to worse, You in your amazing compassion didn't walk off and leave them in the desert. The Pillar of Cloud didn't leave them; daily it continued to show them their route; The Pillar of Fire did the same by night, showed them the right way to go.
But they, our ancestors, were arrogant; bullheaded, they wouldn't obey your commands. They turned a deaf ear, they refused to remember the miracles you had done for them; They turned stubborn, got it into their heads to return to their Egyptian slavery. And you, a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, Incredibly patient, with tons of love— you didn't dump them. Yes, even when they cast a sculpted calf and said, "This is your god Who brought you out of Egypt," and continued from bad to worse, You in your amazing compassion didn't walk off and leave them in the desert. The Pillar of Cloud didn't leave them; daily it continued to show them their route; The Pillar of Fire did the same by night, showed them the right way to go.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
"But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
Contextual Overview
4 Then stoode vp, vpon the staires of the Leuites, Ieshua and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cryed with a loude voice vnto the Lord their God. 5 Then the Leuites, Ieshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, sayde, Stand vp, and blesse the Lord your God for euer and euer, and blessed bee thy glorious Name, which is exalted aboue all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, euen thou art Lord alone, thou hast made heauen, the heauen of heauens, with all their hoste, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therin, and thou preseruest them all, and the hoste of heauen worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art the Lord the God, who diddest choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Caldees, and gauest him the name of Abraham: 8 And foundest his heart faithfull before thee, & madest a couenant with him, to giue the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Iebusites, and the Girgashites, to giue it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous, 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the red Sea, 10 And shewedst signes and wonders vpon Pharaoh, and on all his seruants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudlie against them: so didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 11 And thou didst diuide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the drie land, and their persecutours thou threwest into the deepes, as a stone into the mightie waters. 12 Moreouer thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night, by a pillar of fire, to giue them light in the way wherin they should go. 13 Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, good statutes and commandements:
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
dealt: Nehemiah 9:10, Nehemiah 9:29, Exodus 32:9, Deuteronomy 9:6, Deuteronomy 9:13, Deuteronomy 9:23, Deuteronomy 9:24, Deuteronomy 9:27, Deuteronomy 32:15, Psalms 78:8-72, Psalms 106:6, Isaiah 63:10, Jeremiah 2:31, Acts 7:51
hardened: Deuteronomy 31:27, 2 Kings 17:14, 2 Chronicles 30:8, 2 Chronicles 36:13, Psalms 95:8-10, Proverbs 29:1, Isaiah 48:4, Jeremiah 19:15, Romans 2:5, Hebrews 3:13, Hebrews 3:15
hearkened: Exodus 15:26, Deuteronomy 5:29, Psalms 81:8, Psalms 81:11-14, Isaiah 48:18, There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments, and the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders. Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a principle of gratitude and holy love.
Reciprocal: Exodus 18:11 - proudly Numbers 14:4 - General Deuteronomy 9:7 - from the day 2 Chronicles 29:6 - For our fathers Psalms 119:21 - cursed Jeremiah 7:24 - they Jeremiah 7:25 - the day Jeremiah 7:26 - they hearkened Jeremiah 11:8 - obeyed Jeremiah 22:21 - This Jeremiah 32:30 - children Ezekiel 2:3 - rebelled Ezekiel 5:6 - for they Ezekiel 20:13 - rebelled Zechariah 1:4 - as Malachi 3:7 - from the Mark 10:5 - For Acts 7:39 - whom Acts 13:18 - about Acts 19:9 - divers Hebrews 3:8 - Harden
Cross-References
Genesis 9:3
Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.
Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.
Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate.
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate.
Genesis 9:8
And God spake vnto Noah, and to his sonnes with him, saying;
And God spake vnto Noah, and to his sonnes with him, saying;
Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my couenant with you, and with your seede after you:
And I, behold, I establish my couenant with you, and with your seede after you:
Genesis 9:10
And with euery liuing creature that is with you, of the fowle, of the cattell, and of euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, to euery beast of the earth.
And with euery liuing creature that is with you, of the fowle, of the cattell, and of euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, to euery beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:11
And I wil establish my couenant with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off any more, by the waters of a flood, neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
And I wil establish my couenant with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off any more, by the waters of a flood, neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Genesis 9:21
And he dranke of the wine, and was drunken, and hee was vncouered within his tent.
And he dranke of the wine, and was drunken, and hee was vncouered within his tent.
Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakednesse of his father, and told his two brethren without.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakednesse of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee, in their generations for an euerlasting couenant, to bee a God vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
And I will establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee, in their generations for an euerlasting couenant, to bee a God vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 17:13
He that is borne in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my couenant shall be in your flesh, for an euerlasting couenant.
He that is borne in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my couenant shall be in your flesh, for an euerlasting couenant.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But they and our fathers dealt proudly,.... Behaved in a haughty manner towards God, their kind benefactor:
and hardened their necks; refused to take the yoke of his law, as refractory oxen, that withdraw their necks from the yoke:
and hearkened not to thy commandments; to do them, though they promised they would, Exodus 24:7.
