Nehemiah 9:8

6 You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

7 You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

9 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

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
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
KJV
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
WEB
found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words, for you are righteous.
ASV
and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.
DARBY
and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it to his seed; and thou hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous.
BLB
And You found his heart faithful before You, and You cut with him a covenant to give [him] the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, to give [it] to his seed. And You made stand Your words, for You [are] righteous.
ÅB
Og du fant hans hjerte trofast mot deg, og du gjorde den pakt med ham at du ville gi hans slekt kana'anittenes, hetittenes, amorittenes og ferisittenes og jebusittenes og girgasittenes land; og du holdt ditt ord, for du er rettferdig.
OTB
Du fant hans hjerte trofast for deg, og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi hans etterkommere landet til kanaaneerne, hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, jebusittene og girgasittene. Du har oppfylt ditt løfte, for du er rettferdig.
B1930
Og du fant hans hjerte trofast mot dig, og du gjorde den pakt med ham at du vilde gi hans ætt kana'anittenes, hetittenes, amorittenes og ferisittenes og jebusittenes og girgasittenes land; og du holdt ditt ord, for du er rettferdig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 6:18

    Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

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  • Genesis 15:18–21

    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

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  • Genesis 15:6

    Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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  • Joshua 23:14

    Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

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  • Genesis 12:7

    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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  • Joshua 21:43–45

    Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

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  • Genesis 17:7–8

    I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

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  • Titus 1:2

    in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

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