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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 shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתָּ֨עַדva.Ta.'adand you warnedH5749 →
בָּהֶ֜םba.Hem<in> them
לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םla.ha.shi.Vamto bring back themH7725 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
תּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָto.ra.Te.khalaw yourH8451 →
וְהֵ֨מָּהve.He.mahand theyH1992 →
הֵזִ֜ידוּhe.Zi.duthey acted presumptuouslyH2102 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
שָׁמְע֤וּsha.me.'Uthey listenedH8085 →
לְמִצְוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙le.mitz.vo.Tei.khato commandments yourH4687 →
וּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָu.ve.mish.pa.Tei.khaand in judgments yourH4941 →
חָֽטְאוּ־cha.te.'u-they sinnedH2398 →
בָ֔םVamin them
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.Sehhe will doH6213 →
אָדָ֖ם'a.DamanyoneH120 →
וְחָיָ֣הve.cha.Yahand he will liveH2421 →
בָהֶ֑םva.Hemby them
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּvai.yi.te.Nuand they gaveH5414 →
כָתֵף֙kha.Tefa shoulderH3802 →
סוֹרֶ֔רֶתso.Re.retstubbornH5637 →
וְעָרְפָּ֥םve.'a.re.Pamand neck theirH6203 →
הִקְשׁ֖וּhik.Shuthey stiffenedH7185 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃sha.Me.'uthey listenedH8085 →

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Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.Nehemiah 9:10You 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.Nehemiah 9:26But 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.Jeremiah 43:2Azariah 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.’Zechariah 7:11–12But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.James 4:6–10But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.Exodus 10:3So 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 44:10To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.Deuteronomy 31:21And 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 into the land that I swore to give them.”Jeremiah 25:3–7“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.Jeremiah 44:16–17“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!Jeremiah 7:26Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

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