Nehemiah 9:16 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 9:16

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But they and our fathers dealt proudly,.... Behaved in a haughty manner towards God, their kind benefactor: and hardened their necks; refused to take the yoke of his law, as refractory oxen, that withdraw their necks from the yoke: and hearkened not to thy commandments; to do them, though they promised they would, Exo 24:7.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) Two great sins are here specified; which they were guilty of in the wilderness--meditating a return, [1.] To Egyptian slavery, which, for the sake of the garlick and onions, they preferred before the glorious liberty of the Israel of God attended with some difficulty and inconvenience.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהֵ֥ם	ve.Hem	and they	H1992 →
וַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ	va.'a.vo.Tei.nu	and ancestors our	H1 →
הֵזִ֑ידוּ	he.Zi.du	they acted presumptuously	H2102 →
וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙	vai.yak.Shu	and they stiffened	H7185 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עָרְפָּ֔ם	'a.re.Pam	neck their	H6203 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
שָׁמְע֖וּ	sha.me.'U	they listened	H8085 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃	mitz.vo.Tei.kha	commandments your	H4687 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 3:15
As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
leads to
- Hebrews 3:7–8
  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- Psalms 95:7
  For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
- Hebrews 10:38
  But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- Hebrews 10:29
  How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of…
Through
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 stubbornly…
leads to
- Leviticus 18:5
  Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Nehemiah 9:26
  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.
Through
Nehemiah 9:10
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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 32:20
  You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as…
- Daniel 9:15
  Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we…

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Nehemiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Nehemiah