Nehemiah 9:16 “But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not…”

Nehemiah 9:16

But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“dealt”

Nehemiah 9:29 Nehemiah 9:10 Exodus 32:9 Deuteronomy 9:13 Deuteronomy 9:27 Deuteronomy 32:15

Nehemiah 9:29 · BSB

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; t…

Nehemiah 9:10 · BSB

You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

Exodus 32:9 · BSB

The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:13 · BSB

The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:27 · BSB

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

“hardened”

Deuteronomy 31:27 Romans 2:5 Hebrews 3:15 2 Kings 17:14 2 Chronicles 30:8 2 Chronicles 36:13

Deuteronomy 31:27 · BSB

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

Romans 2:5 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Hebrews 3:15 · BSB

As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

2 Kings 17:14 · BSB

But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

2 Chronicles 30:8 · BSB

Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

2 Chronicles 36:13 · BSB

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

“hearkened”

Psalm 81:11–14 Exodus 15:26 Deuteronomy 5:29 Psalm 81:8 Isaiah 48:18

Psalm 81:11–14 · BSB

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Exodus 15:26 · BSB

saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I…

Deuteronomy 5:29 · BSB

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

Psalm 81:8 · BSB

Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

Isaiah 48:18 · BSB

If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

Also

Deuteronomy 1:26–33

Deuteronomy 1:26–33 · BSB

But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

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