Nehemiah 9:29 “You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant a…”

Nehemiah 9:29

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; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

World English Bible

and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.

American Standard Version

and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Geneva Bible 1599

And protestedst among them that thou mightest bring them againe vnto thy Lawe: but they behaued them selues proudely, and hearkened not vnto thy commandements, but sinned against thy iudgements (which a man should doe and liue in them) and pulled away the shoulder, and were stiffenecked, and woulde not heare.

Darby Translation

And thou testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law; but they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them); and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

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Cross references

“testifiedst”

Nehemiah 9:26 Hosea 6:5 Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 31:21 2 Kings 17:13 2 Chronicles 24:19

Nehemiah 9:26 · BSB

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Hosea 6:5 · BSB

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

Deuteronomy 4:26 · BSB

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

Deuteronomy 31:21 · BSB

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them…

2 Kings 17:13 · BSB

Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered…

2 Chronicles 24:19 · BSB

Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen.

“yet they”

Nehemiah 9:16 Nehemiah 9:10 Jeremiah 43:2 James 4:6–10 Exodus 10:3 Jeremiah 13:15–17

Nehemiah 9:16 · BSB

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

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.

Jeremiah 43:2 · BSB

Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

James 4:6–10 · BSB

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Exodus 10:3 · BSB

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

Jeremiah 13:15–17 · BSB

Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

“which”

Leviticus 18:5 Ezekiel 20:11 Luke 10:28 Romans 10:5 Galatians 3:12

Leviticus 18:5 · BSB

Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:11 · BSB

And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

Luke 10:28 · BSB

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”

Romans 10:5 · BSB

For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

Galatians 3:12 · BSB

The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

“withdrew the shoulder”

Zechariah 7:11 Zechariah 7:12

Zechariah 7:11 · BSB

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

Zechariah 7:12 · BSB

They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

“and hardened”

Jeremiah 7:26 Jeremiah 17:23 Jeremiah 19:15

Jeremiah 7:26 · BSB

Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

Jeremiah 17:23 · BSB

Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.

Jeremiah 19:15 · BSB

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks…

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

In context

28But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

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