16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.


In Context

13 Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.

14 Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.

15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them.

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

17 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.

18 Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that brought thee out of Egypt: and hail committed great blasphemies :

Nehemiah 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16"But they, our forefathers, became arrogant and stiff-necked, and did not obey your commands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16|But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, didn't listen to your commandments,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and listened not to your commandments,