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Nehemiah 9:16

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14 You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

15 In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

18 Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,

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BSB
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
KJV
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
WEB
“But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
ASV
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
DARBY
But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
BLB
And they and our fathers seethed and hardened their necks, and they did not listen to Your commandments.
ÅB
Men de, våre fedre, var overmodige og hårdnakkede og hørte ikke på dine bud.
OTB
Men de, våre forfedre, handlet hovmodig og ble stivnakket, og de adlød ikke dine bud.
B1930
Men de, våre fedre, var overmodige og hårdnakkede og hørte ikke på dine bud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 9:29

    You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

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  • Psalms 81:11–14

    But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

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  • Hebrews 3:15

    As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

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  • Deuteronomy 31:27

    For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

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  • Nehemiah 9:10

    You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

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  • Romans 2:5

    But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:13

    The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

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  • 2 Kings 17:14

    But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

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