¹⁷And refused to obey, neither ^xwere mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but ^uhardened their necks, and in their rebellion ^yappointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art ^†a God ready to pardon, ^zgracious and merciful, ^z^aslow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. ¹⁸Yea, ^bwhen they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought ^cgreat provocations;

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Nehemiah 9:17: They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

Footnotes

uver. 17, 29 (Heb.). See 2 Chr. 30:8.
y Nu. 14:4 (Heb.).
†Heb. a God of pardons.
zver. 31. Ex. 34:6 (Heb.). Joel 2:13.
zver. 31. Ex. 34:6 (Heb.). Joel 2:13.
a Nu. 14:18 (Heb.). See Ex. 22:27.
cver. 26. See 2 Kin. 19:3 marg.

Cross references

x Ps. 78:11, 42, 43.
b Ex. 32:4.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them. Even when they had made for themselves a golden calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed great blasphemies,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them, even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They refused to listen

and did not remember your wonders

you performed among them.

They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader

to return to their slavery in Egypt.

But you are a forgiving God,

gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,

and you did not abandon them.

Even after they had cast an image of a calf

for themselves and said,

“This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,”

and they had committed terrible blasphemies,

NLTNew Living Translation

They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them, even when they made an idol shaped like a calf and said, ‘This is your god who brought you out of Egypt!’ They committed terrible blasphemies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders that you did among them. They stiffened their neck and in their rebellion determined to return to their slavery. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abundant in loyal love, so you did not abandon them. Even when they made for themselves a molten idol of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you out from Egypt,’ and committed great blasphemies.