Nehemiah 1:8

Nehemiah 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
• New International Version (NIV)“Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;

Context of Nehemiah 1:8

6please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You, day and night, on behalf of Your servants, the sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob), confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; I and my father’s house have sinned. 7We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. Please remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful and violate your obligations to Me I will scatter you [abroad] among the peoples; 9but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered are in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen for My Name to dwell.’ 10Now they are Your servants and Your people whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.

Nehemiah 1:8 word by word

זְכָר־נָא֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֛יתָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֥ה עַבְדְּךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר אַתֶּ֣ם תִּמְעָ֔לוּ אֲנִ֕י אָפִ֥יץ אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• I beseech thee, the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• that thou commandedstצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• ye transgressמָעַלmâ‛al · be unfaithfulH4603
• I will scatter you abroadפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• among the nationsעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Nehemiah 1:8

• Psalms 119:49Remember [always] the word and promise to Your servant, In which You have made me hope.
• Luke 1:72To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing],
• Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations and draw out the sword [of your enemies] after you; your land will become desolate and your cities will become ruins.
• Deuteronomy 4:25“When you become the father of children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, then if you corrupt yourselves by making a carved or sculpted image in the form of anything [for the purpose of worship], and do evil [things] in the sight of the Lord your God, provoking Him to anger,
• Deuteronomy 28:64And the Lord will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you will [be forced to] serve other gods, [lifeless gods of] wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away], I will remove the memory of them from men,”
• 1 Kings 9:6“But if you or your sons turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

Commentaries on Nehemiah 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thy servant Moses - See the parallel places in Leviticus 26:33; (note), Deuteronomy 4:25-27; (note), Deuteronomy 28:64; (note), and the notes there. Though in an enemy's country, and far from the ordinances of God, Nehemiah did not forget the law: he read his Bible well, and quotes correctly.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Nehemiah remembers God's curse on sin and his promise to restore (Deuteronomy 4:25–31; 30:1–5). The place...for My Name was Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-114. when I heard these words, that I sat down ... and mourned ... and fasted, and prayed--The recital deeply affected the patriotic feelings of this good man, and no comfort could he find but in earnest and protracted prayer, that God would favor the purpose, which he seems to have secretly formed, of asking the royal permission to go to Jerusalem.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 1:8

• Country
• Faith
• Intercession
• Nation
• Patriotism
• Prayer
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Bible
• Corruptly
• Cupbearer
• Quake
• Remnant
• Shushan
• Chronicles, Books of
• Ecclesiastes, the Preacher
• Intercession

Commentaries on Nehemiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings