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Youngs Literal Translation
'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,
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.
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,
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 bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them. 16 'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands, 17 yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou art a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.
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Deuteronomy 31:27
for I -- I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to-day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah, and also surely after my death.
Nehemiah 9:10
and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as at this day.
Nehemiah 9:29
and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.
Exodus 15:26
and He saith, 'If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.
Exodus 32:9
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'I have seen this people, and lo, it is a stiff-necked people;
Deuteronomy 1:26-33
'And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God,
Deuteronomy 5:29
O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons -- to the age!
Deuteronomy 9:6
and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou art.
Deuteronomy 9:13
And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and lo, a people stiff of neck it is;
Deuteronomy 9:23-24
and in Jehovah's sending you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up, and possess the land which I have given to you, then ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, and have not given credence to Him, nor hearkened to His voice;
Deuteronomy 9:27
be mindful of Thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, turn not unto the stiffness of this people, and unto its wickedness, and unto its sin;
Deuteronomy 32:15
And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.
2 Kings 17:14
and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,
2 Chronicles 30:8
'Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you;
2 Chronicles 36:13
and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.
Psalm 78:8-72
And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.
Psalm 81:8
Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
Psalm 81:11-14
But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.
Psalm 95:8-10
Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Psalm 106:6
We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.
Proverbs 29:1
A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
Isaiah 48:4
From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
Isaiah 48:18
O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,
Isaiah 63:10
And they have rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit, And He turneth to them for an enemy, He Himself hath fought against them.
Jeremiah 2:31
O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, 'We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'
Jeremiah 19:15
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck -- not to hear My words!'
Acts 7:51
Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;
Romans 2:5
but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
Hebrews 3:13
but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,
Hebrews 3:15
in its being said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,'