Nehemiah 9:13
11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
- KJV
- Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
- WEB
- “You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- ASV
- Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- DARBY
- And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
- BLB
- And upon Mount Sinai You came down and spoke with them from the heavens, and You gave to them straight ordinances and true instructions, good statutes and commandments.
- ÅB
- Du steg ned på Sinai berg og talte med dem fra himmelen; du gav dem rette befalinger og trygge lover, gode forskrifter og bud.
- OTB
- Du kom ned på Sinai-fjellet og talte med dem fra himmelen. Du ga dem rettferdige forskrifter og sanne lover, gode vedtekter og bud.
- B1930
- Du steg ned på Sinai berg og talte med dem fra himmelen; du gav dem rette befalinger og trygge lover, gode forskrifter og bud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:160
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Read in contextExodus 20:1
And God spake all these words, saying,
Read in contextExodus 19:11
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Read in contextPsalms 119:127–128
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:11–13
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Read in contextPsalms 19:7–11
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:22–26
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Read in contextRomans 7:12–14
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Read in context