Nehemiah 9:16
King James Version (KJV)
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
In context
14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, 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 of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Nehemiah 9:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- WEB World English Bible
- “But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- WBS Webster Bible
- But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,