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Nehemiah 9:16

Nehemiah chapter 9 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Context

v.15and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

v.16This passage

v.17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 81:11

    But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

  • Psalms 78:8

    And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

  • Nehemiah 9:29

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 1:26

    Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:

  • Proverbs 29:1

    He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Jeremiah 2:31

    O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?