Nehemiah 9:27
25 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.
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
29 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.
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Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
- WEB
- Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries.
- ASV
- Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
- DARBY
- And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.
- BLB
- And You gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they brought distress to them. And in the time of their distress they cried to You, and You from the heavens heard, and according to Your abundant mercies You gave to them saviors, and they saved them from the hand of their enemies.
- ÅB
- Da gav du dem i deres fienders hånd, og de plaget dem; men når de i sin nød ropte til deg, hørte du det fra himmelen, og i din store barmhjertighet gav du dem frelsere, som utfridde dem av deres fienders hånd.
- OTB
- Så overgav du dem i hendene på deres fiender, som undertrykte dem. Men da de ropte til deg i sin nød, hørte du fra himmelen, og i din store barmhjertighet ga du dem redningsmenn som reddet dem fra fiendenes hånd.
- B1930
- Da gav du dem i deres fienders hånd, og de plaget dem; men når de i sin nød ropte til dig, hørte du det fra himmelen, og i din store barmhjertighet gav du dem frelsere, som utfridde dem av deres fienders hånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 106:41–45
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Read in context2 Kings 14:27
And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
Read in contextDaniel 9:10–14
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.
Read in context2 Kings 13:5
(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
Read in contextJudges 2:18
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Read in contextJudges 6:6–10
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
Read in context1 Samuel 12:10–11
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:29–31
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
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