Christian Standard Bible
Nehemiah 1:9
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.”
Nehemiah 1:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
- New International Version (NIV)but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.’
Context of Nehemiah 1:9
7We have acted corruptly toward you and have not kept the commands, statutes, and ordinances you gave your servant Moses. 8Please remember what you commanded your servant Moses: “If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples. But 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. 11Please, Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to that of your servants who delight to revere your name. Give your servant success today, and grant him compassion in the presence of this man. At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.
Read all of Nehemiah 1Nehemiah 1:9 word by word
וְשַׁבְתֶּ֣ם אֵלַ֔י וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ מִצְוֹתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אִם־יִהְיֶ֨ה נִֽדַּחֲכֶ֜ם בִּקְצֵ֤ה הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִשָּׁ֣ם אֲקַבְּצֵ֔ם וַהֲבִֽיאוֹתִים֙ אֶל־הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתִּי לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ye turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
- unto me, and keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- my commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- and doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- them; though there were of you cast outנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
- unto the uttermost partקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
- of the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- will I gatherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
- them from thence, and will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- them unto the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- that I have chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
- to setשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
- my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
Cross-references for Nehemiah 1:9
- Leviticus 26:39Those who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away because of their iniquity; they will also waste away because of their ancestors’ iniquities along with theirs.
- Deuteronomy 4:29But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find him when you seek him with all your heart and all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 30:2and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am commanding you today,
- Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35And say, “Save us, God of our salvation; gather us and rescue us from the nations so that we may give thanks to your holy name and rejoice in your praise.
- Psalms 106:47Save us, Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and rejoice in your praise.
- Psalms 147:2The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; he gathers Israel’s exiled people.
- Isaiah 11:12He will lift up a banner for the nations and gather the dispersed of Israel; he will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 56:8This is the declaration of the Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
- Jeremiah 12:15After I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
- Jeremiah 31:10Nations, hear the word of the Lord, and tell it among the far off coasts and islands! Say, “The one who scattered Israel will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,
- Jeremiah 32:37I will certainly gather them from all the lands where I have banished them in my anger, fury, and intense wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them live in safety.
- Jeremiah 50:19I will return Israel to his grazing land, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan; he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead.
- Matthew 24:31He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
- Jeremiah 3:14“‘Return, you faithless children — this is the Lord’s declaration — for I am your master, and I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
- Ezekiel 36:24“‘For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 1:9
- 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
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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
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