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Bible in Basic English
But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,
New American Standard Bible
They
King James Version
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Holman Bible
they became stiff-necked and did not listen to Your commands.
International Standard Version
"But they our ancestors became arrogant and stubborn, refusing to listen to your commands.
A Conservative Version
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and stiffened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
American Standard Version
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Amplified
“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly;
They stiffened their necks and would not heed Your commandments.
Darby Translation
But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Julia Smith Translation
And they and our fathers acted proudly, and they will harden their neck, and will not hear to thy commands,
King James 2000
But they and our fathers acted presumptuously, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to your commandments,
Lexham Expanded Bible
"But they and our ancestors acted arrogantly and stiffened their neck and did not listen to your commandments.
Modern King James verseion
But they and our fathers acted proudly and hardened their necks, and did not listen to Your commandments.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But our fathers were proud, and hard necked, so that they followed not thy commandments,
NET Bible
"But they -- our ancestors -- behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.
New Heart English Bible
"But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, did not listen to your commandments,
The Emphasized Bible
But, they and our fathers, dealt proudly, - and hardened their neck, and hearkened not unto thy commandments;
Webster
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
World English Bible
"But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, didn't listen to your commandments,
Youngs Literal Translation
'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,
Themes
Holy spirit » The holy spirit teaching
Impenitence » Instances of » The israelites
Kindness » The lord being kind
Self-will » Proceeds from » Pride
Self-will » Exhibited in » Hardening the neck (metaphorically)
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » Pride
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Hardening the neck
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 9:16
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Context Readings
The Nation Confesses
15 And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them. 16 But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders, 17 And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:27
For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?
Nehemiah 9:10
And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today.
Nehemiah 9:29
And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.
Exodus 15:26
And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.
Exodus 32:9
And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 1:26-33
But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:
Deuteronomy 5:29
If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
Deuteronomy 9:6
Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 9:13
And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:
Deuteronomy 9:23-24
And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and take the land which I have given you; you went against the orders of the Lord your God, and had no faith in him, and would not give ear to his voice.
Deuteronomy 9:27
Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin:
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.
2 Kings 17:14
And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.
2 Chronicles 30:8
Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you.
2 Chronicles 36:13
And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.
Psalm 78:8-72
And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.
Psalm 81:8
Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!
Psalm 81:11-14
But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.
Psalm 95:8-10
Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;
Psalm 106:6
We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.
Proverbs 29:1
A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
Isaiah 48:4
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Isaiah 48:18
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah 63:10
But they went against him, causing grief to his holy spirit: so he was turned against them, and made war on them.
Jeremiah 2:31
O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?
Jeremiah 19:15
The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.
Acts 7:51
You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
Romans 2:5
But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
Hebrews 3:13
But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:
Hebrews 3:15
As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.