Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly;
They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

But our ancestors acted arrogantly;
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.

Bible in Basic English

But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זיד זוּד 
Zuwd 
Usage: 10

and hardened
קשׁה 
Qashah 
Usage: 28

ערף 
`oreph 
Usage: 35

Context Readings

The Nation Confesses

15 You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them. 16 “But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly;
They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
17 They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD. How much more after my death!

Nehemiah 9:10

and performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And you made a name for yourself, as it is to this day.

Nehemiah 9:29

And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

Exodus 15:26

saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer."

Exodus 32:9

And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 1:26-33

"Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!

Deuteronomy 9:6

"Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.

Deuteronomy 9:13

"Furthermore, the LORD said to me, 'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.

Deuteronomy 9:23-24

And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, 'Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.

Deuteronomy 9:27

Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin,

Deuteronomy 32:15

"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

2 Kings 17:14

But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the LORD their God.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

2 Chronicles 36:13

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Psalm 78:8-72

and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Psalm 81:8

Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

Psalm 81:11-14

"But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.

Psalm 95:8-10

do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Psalm 106:6

Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Isaiah 48:4

Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,

Isaiah 48:18

Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.

Jeremiah 2:31

And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, 'We are free, we will come no more to you'?

Jeremiah 19:15

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words."

Acts 7:51

"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.

Romans 2:5

But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews 3:15

As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

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