Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Nehemiah 9:38

Covenant and promisesFaithfulness and loyalty

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.

In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
Read the whole chapter

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
In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
KJV
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
WEB
Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
ASV
And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal unto it.
DARBY
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.
BLB
And in all this we are cutting a firm [covenant], and writing even on the sealed [document] our leaders, our Levites, [and] our priests.”
ÅB
På grunn av alt dette gjorde vi en fast pakt og skrev den opp; skrivelsen ble forsynt med segl og underskrevet av våre høvdinger, våre levitter og våre prester.
OTB
Nå, på grunn av alt dette, inngår vi en bindende avtale skriftlig, og våre ledere, våre levitter og våre prester setter sine segl på den.
B1930
På grunn av alt dette gjorde vi en fast pakt og skrev den op; skrivelsen blev forsynt med segl og underskrevet av våre høvdinger, våre levitter og våre prester.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nehemiah 10:1

    Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

    Read in context

  • Nehemiah 10:29

    hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

    Read in context

  • 2 Chronicles 34:31

    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

    Read in context

  • Ezra 10:3

    So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

    Read in context

  • 2 Kings 23:3

    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

    Read in context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:10

    Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

    Read in context

  • 2 Chronicles 23:16

    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

    Read in context

  • 2 Chronicles 15:12–13

    Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

    Read in context