Nehemiah 9:29

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 stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Note withdrew…: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder

KJV · King James Version
and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
WEB · World English Bible
and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

testifiedst
Nehemiah 9:26; Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 31:21; 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 36:15; Jeremiah 25:3–7; Hosea 6:5
yet they
Nehemiah 9:10, 16; Exodus 10:3; Jeremiah 13:15–17; Jeremiah 43:2; Jeremiah 44:10, 16, 17; Daniel 5:20; James 4:6–10
which
Leviticus 18:5; Ezekiel 20:11; Luke 10:28; Romans 10:5; Galatians 3:12
withdrew the shoulder
Heb. gave a withdrawing shoulder.
Zechariah 7:11, 12
and hardened
Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 17:23; Jeremiah 19:15