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

6let your eyes be open and your ears be attentive to hear your servant’s prayer that I now pray to you day and night for your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against you. Both I and my father’s family have sinned. 7We have acted corruptly toward you and have not kept the commands, statutes, and ordinances you gave your servant Moses. Please remember what you commanded your servant Moses: “If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples. 9But if you return to me and carefully observe my commands, even though your exiles were banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place where I chose to have my name dwell.” 10They are your servants and your people. You redeemed them by your great power and 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 your word to your servant; you have given me hope through it.
• Luke 1:72He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant —
• Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
• Deuteronomy 4:25“When you have children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, and if you act corruptly, make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, angering him,
• Deuteronomy 28:64Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
• Deuteronomy 32:26“I would have said: I will cut them to pieces and blot out the memory of them from mankind,
• 1 Kings 9:6If you or your sons turn away from following me and do not keep my commands — my statutes that I have set before you — and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to 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