Nehemiah 9:35
33 You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
34 Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
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.
36 So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves!
37 Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
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.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
- WEB
- For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They didn’t turn from their wicked works.
- ASV
- For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
- DARBY
- And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land that thou didst set before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
- BLB
- And they, in their kingdom, in your abundant goodness, that You gave to them, and in the land broad and rich that You gave before their face, they did not serve You, and not did they turn away from their evil deeds.
- ÅB
- Og enda de levde i sitt eget rike, og du hadde gitt dem så meget godt og overlatt dem dette vide og fruktbare land, tjente de deg ikke og vendte ikke om fra sine onde gjerninger.
- OTB
- Selv mens de var i sitt rike, og nøt din store godhet i det romslige og fruktbare landet du ga dem, tjente de deg ikke eller vendte seg fra sine onde veier.
- B1930
- Og enda de levde i sitt eget rike, og du hadde gitt dem så meget godt og overlatt dem dette vide og fruktbare land, tjente de dig ikke og vendte ikke om fra sine onde gjerninger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 28:47
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:12–15
The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:19
And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:7–10
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 31:21
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
Read in contextNehemiah 9:25
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.
Read in contextRomans 3:4–5
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
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