Nehemiah 9:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Nehemiah 9:16

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

“But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Nehemiah 9

¹⁴ You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

¹⁵ In 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.

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

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.

¹⁸ Even 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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