Nehemiah 1
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Nehemiah's trouble for the trouble of Jerusalem, His prayer
Verse 1
WEB The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
KJV The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
TSK Nehemiah: ne 10:1; in the month: ezr 10:9, zec 7:1; in the twentieth: ezr 7:7; Shushan: es 1:2, es 3:15, da 8:2
Verse 2
WEB that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
KJV That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
TSK Hanani: ne 7:2; I asked: ps 122:6-9, ps 137:5,6; that had escaped: ezr 9:8,9,14, jer 44:14, eze 6:9, eze 7:16, eze 24:26,27
Verse 3
WEB They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
KJV And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
TSK the province: ne 7:6, ne 11:3, ezr 2:1, ezr 5:8, es 1:1; in great: ne 9:36,37, ps 44:11-14, ps 137:1-3, isa 32:9-14, la 1:7, la 3:61, la 5:1; reproach: 1ki 9:7, ps 79:4, isa 43:28, jer 24:9, jer 29:18, jer 42:18, jer 44:8-12; the wall: ne 2:17, 2ki 25:10, isa 5:5, isa 64:10,11, jer 5:10, jer 39:8, jer 52:14
Verse 4
WEB It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
KJV And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
TSK I sat down: 1sa 4:17-22, ezr 10:1, ps 69:9,10, ps 102:13,14, ps 137:1, da 9:3, zep 3:18, ro 12:15; the God: ne 2:4, ezr 5:11,12, da 2:18, jon 1:9
Verse 5
WEB and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
KJV And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
TSK the great: ne 4:14, de 7:21, 1ch 17:21, ps 47:2, da 9:4-19; keepeth: ex 20:6, de 7:9, 1ki 8:23, heb 6:13-18
Verse 6
WEB Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
KJV Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
TSK thine ear: 1ki 8:28,29, 2ch 6:40, ps 34:15, ps 130:2, da 9:17,18; day and night: 1sa 15:11, ps 55:17, ps 88:1, lu 2:37, lu 18:7, 1ti 5:5, 2ti 1:3; confess: ezr 9:6,7, ezr 10:11, ps 32:5, isa 64:6,7, la 3:39-42, da 9:4,20, 1jo 1:9; both I: 2ch 28:10, 2ch 29:6, ps 106:6, isa 6:5, la 5:7, eph 2:3
Verse 7
WEB We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
KJV We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
TSK dealt: ne 9:29-35, ps 106:6, da 9:5,6; corruptly: 2ch 27:2, ho 9:9, zep 3:7, re 19:2; the commandments: le 27:34, de 4:1, de 5:1, de 6:1, de 28:15, 1ki 2:3, ps 19:8,9, ps 119:5-8; which thou: de 4:5, 2ch 25:4, ezr 7:6, da 9:11,13, mal 4:4
Verse 8
WEB “Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;
KJV Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
TSK Remember: ps 119:49, lu 1:72; If ye transgress: le 26:33-46, de 4:25-27, de 28:64, de 32:26-28, 1ki 9:6,7
Verse 9
WEB but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’
KJV But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
TSK if ye turn: le 26:39-42, de 4:29-31, de 30:2-5, jer 29:11-14; yet will I: 1ch 16:35, ps 106:47, ps 147:2, isa 11:12, isa 56:8, jer 12:15, jer 31:10, jer 32:37, jer 50:19,20, mt 24:31; will bring: jer 3:14, eze 36:24; the place: de 12:5,21, 1ki 9:3, ezr 6:12
Verse 10
WEB “Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
KJV Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
TSK Now these: ex 32:11, de 9:29, isa 63:16-19, isa 64:9, da 9:15-27; whom: ex 15:13, de 15:15, ps 74:2; thy strong: ex 6:1, ex 13:9, ps 136:12, da 9:15
Verse 11
WEB Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
KJV O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
TSK Let now: ne 1:6, ps 86:6, ps 130:2; who desire: pr 1:29, isa 26:8,9, heb 13:18; grant: ne 2:8, ge 32:11,28, ge 43:14, ezr 1:1, ezr 7:6,27,28, pr 21:1; For I was: ne 2:1, ge 40:2,9-13,21,23, ge 41:9