Nehemiah 9 · Verse 26

Nehemiah 9:26

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Nehemiah 9:26, King James Version

Nehemiah 9:26 in other translations

BSBBut 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.
WEB“Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
ASVNevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
YLT‘And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,
DARBYBut they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
BBEBut they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.
WebsterNevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

What does Nehemiah 9:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:6-38

6-38. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone, &c.--In this solemn and impressive prayer, in which they make public confession of their sins, and deprecate the judgments due to the transgressions of their fathers, they begin with a profound adoration of God, whose supreme majesty and omnipotence is acknowledged in the creation, preservation, and government of all. Then they proceed to enumerate His mercies and distinguished…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 9:4-38

The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their…

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Nehemiah 9:26 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּמְר֨וּvai.yam.Ruand they were disobedientH4784
וַֽיִּמְרְד֜וּvai.yim.re.Duand they rebelledH4775
בָּ֗ךְBakhagainst you
וַיַּשְׁלִ֤כוּvai.yash.Li.khuand they threwH7993
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
תּוֹרָֽתְךָ֙to.ra.te.Khalaw yourH8451
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReibehindH310
גַוָּ֔םga.Vamback theirH1458
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
נְבִיאֶ֣יךָne.vi.'Ei.khaprophets yourH5030
הָרָ֔גוּha.Ra.guthey killedH2026
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whoH834
הֵעִ֥ידוּhe.'I.duthey had warnedH5749
בָ֖םvam<in> them
לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םla.ha.shi.Vamto bring back themH7725
אֵלֶ֑יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּvai.ya.'a.Suand they didH6213
נֶאָצ֖וֹתne.'a.TzotblasphemiesH5007
גְּדוֹלֹֽת\׃ge.do.LotgreatH1419

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Cross references for Nehemiah 9:26

  • 1 Kings 14:9

    But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

  • Judges 2:11-12

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

  • Nehemiah 9:18

    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;

  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  • 1 Kings 19:10

    And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

  • 1 Kings 18:4

    For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

  • Matthew 21:35

    And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:20-21

    And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 20:21

    Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

  • Matthew 23:34-37

    Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

  • Psalms 50:17

    Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

  • Nehemiah 9:30

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they were.
Jud 2:11,12; 3:6,7; 10:6,13,14; Ps 78:56,57; 106:34-40
Eze 16:15-63; 20:21; 23:4-49
cast thy law.
1Ki 14:9; Ps 50:17; Eze 33:3-5
slew.
1Ki 18:4,13; 19:10; 2Ch 24:20,21; 36:16; Jer 26:20-23; Mt 21:35
Mt 23:34-37; Ac 7:52
wrought.
18; 2Ki 21:11; Eze 22:25-31

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Context

  • Nehemiah 9:25

    And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

  • Nehemiah 9:26

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

  • Nehemiah 9:27

    Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

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Nehemiah 9:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero te irritaron, y rebeláronse contra ti, y echaron tu ley tras sus espaldas, y mataron tus profetas que protestaban contra ellos para convertirlos á ti; é hicieron grandes abominaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais ils se rebellèrent et se révoltèrent contre toi, et jetèrent ta loi derrière leur dos, et tuèrent tes prophètes qui rendaient témoignage contre eux pour les ramener à toi, et ils te firent de grands outrages.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber sie wurden widerspenstig und empörten sich gegen dich, und warfen dein Gesetz hinter ihren Rücken; und sie ermordeten deine Propheten, welche wider sie zeugten, um sie zu dir zurückzuführen; und sie verübten große Schmähungen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Provocaverunt autem te ad iracundiam, et recesserunt a te, et projecerunt legem tuam post terga sua: et prophetas tuos occiderunt, qui contestabantur eos ut reverterentur ad te: feceruntque blasphemias grandes.