Nehemiah 9:17 “They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performe…”

Nehemiah 9:17

They 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, 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 abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

Geneva Bible 1599

But refused to obey, and would not remember thy marueilous works that thou haddest done for them, but hardened their neckes, and had in their heads to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: but thou, O God of mercies, gratious and full of compassion, of long suffring and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.

Darby Translation

and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

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Cross references

“refused”

Numbers 14:11 Numbers 14:41 Numbers 16:14 Proverbs 1:24 Hebrews 12:25 Numbers 14:3

Numbers 14:11 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Numbers 14:41 · BSB

But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!

Numbers 16:14 · BSB

Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”

Proverbs 1:24 · BSB

Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Hebrews 12:25 · BSB

See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

Numbers 14:3 · BSB

Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

“mindful”

Psalm 86:5 Psalm 86:15 Matthew 16:9–11 Psalm 78:11 Psalm 106:7 Psalm 106:13

Psalm 86:5 · BSB

For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

Psalm 86:15 · BSB

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Matthew 16:9–11 · BSB

Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

Psalm 78:11 · BSB

They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.

Psalm 106:7 · BSB

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:13 · BSB

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

“appointed”

Acts 7:39

Acts 7:39 · BSB

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

“a God”

Psalm 130:4 Numbers 14:18 Numbers 14:19 Micah 7:18 Micah 7:19

Psalm 130:4 · BSB

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

Numbers 14:18 · BSB

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the…

Numbers 14:19 · BSB

Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

Micah 7:18 · BSB

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

Micah 7:19 · BSB

He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

“gracious”

Joel 2:13 Psalm 78:38 Psalm 103:8–18 Isaiah 55:7–9 Romans 9:15 Exodus 34:6

Joel 2:13 · BSB

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Psalm 78:38 · BSB

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

Psalm 103:8–18 · BSB

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Isaiah 55:7–9 · BSB

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Romans 9:15 · BSB

For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

Exodus 34:6 · BSB

Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

“forsookest”

1 Kings 6:13 1 Kings 8:57 Psalm 106:43–46

1 Kings 6:13 · BSB

And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”

1 Kings 8:57 · BSB

May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.

Psalm 106:43–46 · BSB

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

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

In context

16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

18Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,

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