Nehemiah 9:13

Nehemiah 9:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
• New International Version (NIV)“You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees and commands that are good.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You came down also on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven, And gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.

Context of Nehemiah 9:13

11You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters. 12You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel. You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. 14You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses. 15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

Nehemiah 9:13 word by word

וְעַ֤ל הַר־סִינַי֙ יָרַ֔דְתָּ וְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמָּהֶ֖ם מִשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַתִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֜ם מִשְׁפָּטִ֤ים יְשָׁרִים֙ וְתוֹר֣וֹת אֱמֶ֔ת חֻקִּ֥ים וּמִצְוֹ֖ת טוֹבִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• You came downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Sinaiסִינַיsîynay · SinaiH5514
• and spokeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with themעִם‛im · withH5973
• from heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• You gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• justיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• trueאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: certainH571
• lawsתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• and goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• and commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687

Cross-references for Nehemiah 9:13

• Exodus 19:11and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
• Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
• Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
• Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
• Exodus 20:1And God spoke all these words:
• Deuteronomy 4:10The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
• Deuteronomy 5:4The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
• Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
• Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
• Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
• Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
• Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
• Romans 7:16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
• Psalms 119:160The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 9:13

• 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. 12-21This prayer reminded the people of God's miraculous guidance of Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 13:21–22), his personal appearance at Mount Sinai to reveal his covenant laws through Moses (see Exodus 19–20), and his faithfulness in providing bread and water (see Exodus 16:4; 17:1–6). Despite all of that, Israel's ancestors were proud and stubborn and refused to obey (see Exodus 32; Numbers 14:4). Yet in his grace, God remained faithful and compassionate…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

Topics related to Nehemiah 9:13

• Sabbath
• Sin
• Sinai
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• Sinai
• Covenant
• Divide
• Gracious
• Mighty
• Neck
• Sure
• Intercession
• Israel, History of
• Leviticus

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