Nehemiah 9:30

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For many years, You were patient with them. You warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, yet they would not listen. So You gave them into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Yet for many years You had patience with them and testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not give ear; therefore, You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And many yeares dyddest thou forbeare them, & testified vnto them thorow yi sprete, euen by the office of yi prophetes, & yet wolde they not heare. Therfore gauest thou the in to ye hade of ye nacions in the londes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Yet thou diddest forbeare them many yeeres, and protestedst among them by thy Spirite, euen by the hande of thy Prophets, but they woulde not heare: therefore gauest thou them into the hande of the people of the lands.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Yet many yeres diddest thou forbeare them, and testifiedst vnto them through thy spirite, euen by the hand of thy prophetes, and yet would they not heare: therefore gauest thou them into the hand of the nations of the landes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yet many years did you bear with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gave you them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And Thou drawest over them many years, and testifiest against them by Thy Spirit, by the hand of Thy prophets, and they have not given ear, and Thou dost give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You prolonged your kindness with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 42:24 : 24 Who handed Jacob over to be plundered, and Israel to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They refused to walk in His ways or obey His law.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.
  • Lam 2:17 : 17 The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word that he decreed long ago. He has overthrown without pity; he has let the enemy gloat over you and exalt the horn of your adversaries.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 They inquired into what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For prophecy was never produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
  • Isa 63:10 : 10 Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
  • 2 Kgs 17:13-18 : 13 Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and seers, saying, 'Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and statutes according to the entire law I commanded your fathers to follow, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.' 14 But they would not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks like their fathers who did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 They despised His statutes, His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His warnings He gave them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. They imitated the nations around them, though the Lord had commanded them not to do so. 16 They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God. They made for themselves two cast idols in the form of calves, made an Asherah pole, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. 18 So the Lord became very angry with Israel and removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left.
  • 2 Chr 36:15-16 : 15 The LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them repeatedly through His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and His dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
  • Neh 9:26 : 26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
  • Neh 9:29 : 29 You warned them to return to Your law, but they acted arrogantly and did not obey Your commandments. They sinned against Your judgments, which, if a person does, they will live by them. Stubbornly, they turned their backs, stiffened their necks, and would not listen.
  • Isa 5:5-6 : 5 Now let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. 6 I will make it a wasteland; it will neither be pruned nor hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
  • Neh 9:20 : 20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.
  • Jer 7:25 : 25 From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I sent all my servants the prophets to you, again and again.
  • Jer 25:4 : 4 The LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ears to hear.
  • Jer 40:2-3 : 2 The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, 'The LORD your God foretold this calamity against this place.' 3 And now the LORD has brought it about and done as He said. Because you sinned against the LORD and did not obey His voice, this has happened to you.
  • Jer 44:22 : 22 Because the LORD could no longer endure the wickedness of your actions and the detestable things you committed, your land became a ruin, a desolation, and a curse, without inhabitants, as it is today.
  • Acts 13:18 : 18 For about forty years He endured their behavior in the wilderness.
  • Acts 28:25 : 25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: 'The Holy Spirit was right in speaking to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:'
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 9:26-29
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    84%

    26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

    27So You handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But in their time of distress, they cried out to You, and You heard from heaven. In Your great mercy, You gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

    28But as soon as they had rest, they returned to doing evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to their enemies, who ruled over them. Yet when they again cried out to You, You heard from heaven and rescued them many times in Your abundant mercy.

    29You warned them to return to Your law, but they acted arrogantly and did not obey Your commandments. They sinned against Your judgments, which, if a person does, they will live by them. Stubbornly, they turned their backs, stiffened their necks, and would not listen.

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    78%

    19The Lord sent prophets among them to bring them back to Him, but though the prophets testified against them, they refused to listen.

  • Neh 9:15-21
    7 verses
    77%

    15You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them.

    16But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments.

    17They refused to listen and did not remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, and You did not abandon them.

    18Even when they made a molten calf for themselves and said, 'This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,' and they committed terrible blasphemies,

    19You, in Your great mercy, did not abandon them in the wilderness. During the day, the pillar of cloud did not depart to guide them on their way, nor did the pillar of fire by night to give them light for the path they should take.

    20You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.

    21For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

  • Neh 9:31
    76%

    31Still, in Your great mercies, You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them, for You are a gracious and merciful God.

  • Neh 9:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey Your law or pay attention to Your commandments and warnings You gave them.

    35Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying Your abundant goodness and the spacious, fertile land You gave them, they did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

  • Isa 47:6
    74%

    6I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

  • Jer 29:19
    73%

    19I will do this because they have not listened to my words—this is the LORD's declaration—that I sent to them again and again through my servants the prophets. And you also have not listened—this is the LORD's declaration.

  • 2 Kgs 17:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and seers, saying, 'Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and statutes according to the entire law I commanded your fathers to follow, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.'

    14But they would not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks like their fathers who did not believe in the Lord their God.

  • Jer 32:23
    72%

    23They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They did not do what You commanded them to do, so You brought upon them all this disaster.

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    72%

    43Many times He delivered them, but they were rebellious in their plans and sank into their iniquity.

  • 2 Chr 33:10
    72%

    10The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

  • Jer 25:7
    72%

    7But you have not listened to me, declares the LORD, and you have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own harm.

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    7For I earnestly warned your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt until this very day, persistently saying: Listen to my voice.

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    12They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.

  • Acts 13:18
    72%

    18For about forty years He endured their behavior in the wilderness.

  • 2 Kgs 17:40
    71%

    40But they would not listen. Instead, they continued to act according to their former customs.

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    71%

    26But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.

    27When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer you.

  • Jer 35:15
    71%

    15I sent all My servants the prophets to you persistently, saying: 'Turn now, each one of you, from your evil ways and correct your deeds. Do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall dwell in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to Me.

  • Jer 9:13
    71%

    13Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and went after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

  • Heb 3:9
    71%

    9where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw my works.

  • Ps 95:10
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    10For forty years I was grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know My ways.'

  • Jer 26:5
    71%

    5...and listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have persistently sent to you (though you have not listened),

  • Ps 78:40
    71%

    40How often they provoked Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the wasteland!

  • Jer 25:4
    71%

    4The LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ears to hear.

  • 2 Chr 36:16
    71%

    16But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.

  • Jer 11:10
    71%

    10They have turned back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors.

  • Lam 3:43
    71%

    43You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain without pity.

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    71%

    23Yet they did not listen or incline their ear. They stiffened their necks and would not listen or take correction.

  • 1 Kgs 8:50
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    50Forgive Your people who have sinned against You; forgive all the offenses they have committed against You, and cause their captors to show them mercy,

  • Heb 8:9
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    9It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and so I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

  • Dan 9:6
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    6We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.

  • Ps 81:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

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    13After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and great guilt—though you, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this—

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.