Nehemiah 9:29

Sin Pride

²⁷ So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

²⁸ But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

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.

³⁰ You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

³¹ But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
WEB: and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
ASV: and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
DARBY: And thou testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law; but they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them); and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
BLB: And you testified against them to bring them back to Your instruction, and they [still] seethed and did not listen to Your commands. And Your just laws they sinned against, which if a man does [them], he shall live by them; and they gave to be stubborn the shoulder, and their neck they hardened, and they would not listen.

ÅB: Du vitnet for dem og ville omvende dem til din lov; men de var overmodige og hørte ikke på dine bud, de syndet mot dine lover, de som mennesket lever ved når han gjør etter dem; i sin gjenstridighet satte de skulderen imot; de var hårdnakkede og ville ikke høre.
OTB: Du advarte dem om å vende tilbake til din lov, men de handlet hovmodig og lyttet ikke til dine bud. De syndet mot dine forskrifter, som, hvis en person følger dem, vil han leve ved dem. De vendte en sta skulder og stivnet nakken, og nektet å lytte.
B1930: Du vidnet for dem og vilde omvende dem til din lov; men de var overmodige og hørte ikke på dine bud, de syndet mot dine lover, de som mennesket lever ved når han gjør efter dem; i sin gjenstridighet satte de skulderen imot; de var hårdnakkede og vilde ikke høre.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Nehemiah 9:16
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
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Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
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Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
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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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James 4:6–10
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Jeremiah 43:2
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
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Zechariah 7:11–12
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
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Hosea 6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
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