New International Version we have not obeyed the LORD our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. New Living Translation We have not obeyed the LORD our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets. English Standard Version and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Berean Standard Bible and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets. Berean Literal Bible and we did not listen to the voice of YHWH our God, to walk in His laws that He gave before our faces by the hand of His servants the prophets. King James Bible Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. New King James Version We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. New American Standard Bible and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets. NASB 1995 nor have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets. NASB 1977 nor have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets. Legacy Standard Bible nor have we listened to the voice of Yahweh our God, to walk in His laws which He put before us through His slaves the prophets. Amplified Bible and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in His laws which He set before us through His servants the prophets. Berean Annotated Bible and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God {YHWH Elohenu} to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets. Christian Standard Bible and have not obeyed the LORD our God by following his instructions that he set before us through his servants the prophets. Holman Christian Standard Bible and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following His instructions that He set before us through His servants the prophets. American Standard Version neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Contemporary English Version and rejected your teachings that came to us from your servants the prophets. English Revised Version neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. GOD'S WORD® Translation We never listened to you or lived by the teachings you gave us through your servants the prophets. Good News Translation We did not listen to you, O LORD our God, when you told us to live according to the laws which you gave us through your servants the prophets. International Standard Version and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in his laws that he gave us through his servants the prophets. NET Bible We have not obeyed the LORD our God by living according to his laws that he set before us through his servants the prophets. New Heart English Bible And have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Webster's Bible Translation Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard Bibleand have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets. World English Bible We haven’t obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand have not listened to the voice of our God YHWH, to walk in His laws, that He has set before us by the hand of His servants the prophets; Berean Literal Bible and we did not listen to the voice of YHWH our God, to walk in His laws that He gave before our faces by the hand of His servants the prophets. Young's Literal Translation and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in His laws, that He hath set before us by the hand of His servants the prophets; Smith's Literal Translation We heard not to the voice of Jehovah our God to go in his laws which he gave before us in the hand of his servants the prophets. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his law, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Catholic Public Domain Version and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord, our God, so as to walk in his law, which he established for us by his servants, the prophets. New American Bible and did not hear the voice of the LORD, our God, by walking in his laws given through his servants the prophets. New Revised Standard Version and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNeither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk according to his laws which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And we have not listened to the voice of LORD JEHOVAH, our God, to walk in the laws that he set before us by the hand of his Servants the Prophets OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917neither have we hearkened to the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. Brenton Septuagint Translation neither have we hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by the hands of his servants the prophets. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Daniel's Prayer for His People…9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him 10and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets. 11All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.… Cross References and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God 2 Kings 18:12 This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey. Jeremiah 42:21 For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you. Jeremiah 7:28 Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips. to walk in His laws, Leviticus 26:3 If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, Leviticus 18:4 You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God. Psalm 119:1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. which He set before us Deuteronomy 11:32 be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today. Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today? Deuteronomy 4:44 This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. through His servants the prophets. 2 Kings 17:13 Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” Jeremiah 25:4 And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. Jeremiah 7:25 From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. Deuteronomy 30:10 if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Jeremiah 7:23-24 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. Nehemiah 9:29-30 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 turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. / You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. Jeremiah 11:7-8 For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’ / Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.” Treasury of Scripture Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. which. Daniel 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 2 Kings 17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 2 Kings 18:12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. Jump to Previous Ear Following Hand Hearkened Kept Laws Mouth Obeyed Prophets Servants Teachings Voice Walk WayJump to Next Ear Following Hand Hearkened Kept Laws Mouth Obeyed Prophets Servants Teachings Voice Walk WayDaniel 9 1. Daniel, considering the time of the captivity,3. makes confession of sins, 16. and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem. 20. Gabriel informs him of the seventy weeks. and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God Daniel includes himself among the covenant people in confessing Israel’s persistent rebellion. Though God had spoken clearly, the nation repeatedly refused His commands and warnings, bringing the judgment of exile. 2Ki 18:12 This happened because they did not listen… to walk in His laws, Obedience was to shape Israel’s daily life. God’s Law revealed the conduct required of His covenant people and called them to live in faithfulness before Him. Lev 26:3 If you follow My statutes and carefully keep… which He set before us Israel had received God’s commands openly through Moses and the covenant established at Sinai. Their failure was not caused by ignorance but by their refusal to follow what God had made known. Deu 11:32 be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances… through His servants the prophets. God repeatedly sent prophets to confront sin, warn of coming judgment, and call the people back to covenant faithfulness. Israel’s rejection of these messengers was ultimately rejection of the Lord who sent them. 2Ki 17:13 Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD… Persons / Places / Events 1. DanielA prophet and a man of prayer, living during the Babylonian exile. He is known for his faithfulness to God and his role in interpreting dreams and visions. 2. The LORD (Yahweh) The covenant God of Israel, who gave His laws and commandments to His people through the prophets. 3. The Prophets Servants of God who communicated His laws and messages to the people of Israel. They played a crucial role in guiding and warning the nation. 4. Israel The nation chosen by God, often struggling with obedience to His laws, leading to periods of judgment and exile. 5. Babylonian Exile A significant event in Israel's history where the people were taken captive due to their disobedience to God's laws. Teaching Points The Importance of ObedienceObedience to God's voice and laws is crucial for maintaining a right relationship with Him. Disobedience leads to consequences, as seen in Israel's history. Role of the Prophets God uses His prophets to communicate His will and guide His people. Listening to and heeding their messages is vital for spiritual health. Confession and Repentance Daniel's prayer is a model of confession and repentance. Acknowledging our failures and seeking God's forgiveness is essential for restoration. God's Faithfulness Despite Israel's disobedience, God remains faithful to His covenant. His discipline is meant to bring His people back to Him. Personal Reflection Reflect on areas in your life where you may not be fully obeying God's voice. Seek His guidance and strength to walk in His ways. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Daniel 9:10?2. How can we avoid the disobedience mentioned in Daniel 9:10 in our lives? 3. What does Daniel 9:10 teach about the importance of obeying God's laws? 4. How does Daniel 9:10 connect with the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20? 5. In what ways can we better "listen to His servants the prophets" today? 6. How can we apply the lessons from Daniel 9:10 to modern Christian living? 7. How does Daniel 9:10 reflect Israel's disobedience and its consequences? 8. What historical context surrounds Daniel 9:10 and its message? 9. How does Daniel 9:10 relate to the theme of repentance in the Bible? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Daniel 9? Daniel 9:10 lays out a layered indictment: Israel knowingly ignored God’s clear voice, abandoned covenant loyalty, refused daily obedience, dismissed the plainly revealed law, and scoffed at prophetic warnings. The verse explains why judgment fell and why mercy is still possible: the same covenant-keeping LORD who spoke through prophets now hears Daniel’s prayer of repentance. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and have notוְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no obeyed שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ (šā·ma‘·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the voice בְּק֖וֹל (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH our God אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative to walk לָלֶ֤כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk in His laws, בְּתֽוֹרֹתָיו֙ (bə·ṯō·w·rō·ṯāw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law which אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that He set נָתַ֣ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set before לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ (lə·p̄ā·nê·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 6440: The face us through בְּיַ֖ד (bə·yaḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand His servants עֲבָדָ֥יו (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant the prophets. הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ (han·nə·ḇî·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet Additonal Resources Daniel 9:10 Blue Letter BibleDaniel 9:10 Bible Gateway Daniel 9:10 Bible.com Daniel 9:10 NIV |
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