Discovery BoxNehemiah 9:16 
Context9:16 “But they – our ancestors 1 – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled 2 and did not obey your commandments.
Nehemiah 9:10
Context9:10 You performed awesome signs 3 against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians 4 had acted presumptuously 5 against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day.
Nehemiah 9:29
Context9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, 6 will live. They boldly turned from you; 7 they rebelled 8 and did not obey.
1 tn Heb “and our fathers.” The vav is explicative.
2 tn Heb “they stiffened their neck” (so also in the following verse).
3 tn Heb “signs and wonders.” This phrase is a hendiadys. The second noun functions adjectivally, while the first noun retains its full nominal sense: “awesome signs” or “miraculous signs.”
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Egyptians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Or “arrogantly” (so NASB); NRSV “insolently.”
6 tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
7 tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”
8 tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”
