Nehemiah 9:16
World English Bible (WEB)
“But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
In context
14 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
15 and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
16 “But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
17 and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
18 Yes, when they had made themselves a molded calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies,
Nehemiah 9:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- “But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
- KJV King James Version
- But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy 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,