Nehemiah 9:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”
Nehemiah 9:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 9:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 9:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,”
Nehemiah 9:16 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 9:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”
Nehemiah 9:16 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 9:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,”
Nehemiah 9:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 9:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”
Nehemiah 9:16 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 9:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,”
Nehemiah 9:16 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 9:16 in Context — Nehemiah 9
14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
17 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.
18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
What Does Nehemiah 9:16 Mean?
Nehemiah 9:16 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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