Nehemiah 9:38
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
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 those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
Read in contextNehemiah 10:29
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:31
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
Read in contextEzra 10:3
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Read in context2 Kings 23:3
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
Read in context2 Chronicles 29:10
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
Read in context2 Chronicles 23:16
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.
Read in context2 Chronicles 15:12–13
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
Read in context