Nehemiah 9:25

23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

24 So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.

They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

27 So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

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BSB
They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
KJV
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
WEB
They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
ASV
And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
DARBY
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
BLB
And they took fortified cities and a rich land, and they possessed houses full of all good, wells dug, vineyards, and olive groves and trees of fruit in abundance. And they ate and were filled and grew fat and lived luxuriously in Your great goodness.
ÅB
De inntok faste byer og vant seg fruktbar jord og tok huser til eie som var fulle av alle gode ting, og uthugne brønner, vingårder og oljetrær og frukttrær i mengde; og de spiste og ble mette og fete og gjorde seg til gode ved din store godhet.
OTB
De erobret befestede byer og et fruktbart land; de tok i eie hus fylt med alle gode ting, brønner allerede gravd, vingårder, olivenlunder og frukttrær i overflod. De spiste seg mette, ble velnærte, og frydet seg i din store godhet.
B1930
De inntok faste byer og vant sig fruktbar jord og tok huser til eie som var fulle av alle gode ting, og uthugne brønner, vingårder og oljetrær og frukttrær i mengde; og de åt og blev mette og fete og gjorde sig til gode ved din store godhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:5

    All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.

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  • Nehemiah 9:35

    For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

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  • 1 Kings 8:66

    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:13

    He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

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  • Hosea 3:5

    Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

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  • Ezekiel 20:6

    On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

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  • Deuteronomy 6:10–12

    And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,

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