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Nehemiah 9:33
33However, You are just and righteous in everything that has come upon us; For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
Nehemiah 9:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
- New International Version (NIV)In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous; you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)However You are just in all that has befallen us; For You have dealt faithfully, But we have done wickedly.
Context of Nehemiah 9:33
31Yet in Your great compassion You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them, For You are a gracious and merciful God. 32“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness, Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people, Since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day. However, You are just and righteous in everything that has come upon us; For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly. 34Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your law Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your warnings which You have given them. 35But they, in their kingdom, With Your great goodness which You gave them, With the broad and rich land which You set before them, Did not serve You or turn from their wicked deeds.
Read all of Nehemiah 9Nehemiah 9:33 word by word
וְאַתָּ֣ה צַדִּ֔יק עַ֖ל כָּל־הַבָּ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־אֱמֶ֥ת עָשִׂ֖יתָ וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Nehemiah 9:33
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to strike the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right [by executing just and righteous judgment]?”
- Job 34:23For He sets no appointed time for a man, That he should appear before Him in judgment.
- Psalms 119:137Righteous are You, O Lord, And upright are Your judgments.
- Psalms 145:17The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways And gracious and kind in all His works.
- Jeremiah 12:1You, O Lord are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You; Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
- Lamentations 1:18“The Lord is righteous and just; For I have rebelled against His commandment (His word). Hear now, all you peoples, And look at my pain; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.
- Daniel 9:5we have sinned and committed wrong, and have behaved wickedly and have rebelled, turning away from Your commandments and ordinances.
- Leviticus 26:40‘If they confess their wickedness and the wickedness of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they have committed against Me—and also in their acting with hostility toward Me—
- Job 33:27He sings out to other men, ‘I have sinned and perverted that which was right, And it was not proper for me!
- Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 9:33
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-38Verses 4-38 The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their hearts. The testimony of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-37The prayer now addresses the current situation, asking the great God—who has unfailing love—for ongoing love and mercy for his people in their difficult times (Nehemiah 9:32). The leaders acknowledged God's justice in punishing them for their sins (Nehemiah 9:33–35), and they expressed sorrow over their enslavement by the Persians (9:36–37).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-386-38. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone, &c.--In this solemn and impressive prayer, in which they make public confession of their sins, and deprecate the judgments due to the transgressions of their fathers, they begin with a profound adoration of God, whose supreme majesty and omnipotence is acknowledged in the creation, preservation, and government of all. Then they proceed to enumerate His mercies and distinguished favors to them as a nation, from the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 9
- 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
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