New American Standard Bible 1995
Nehemiah 1:7
71We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances 2which You commanded Your servant Moses.
Nehemiah 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
- New International Version (NIV)We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.
Context of Nehemiah 1:7
5I said, “I beseech You, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, 6let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You; I and my father’s house have sinned. We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. 8Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples; 9but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were 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 to cause My name to dwell.’
Read all of Nehemiah 1Nehemiah 1:7 word by word
חֲבֹ֖ל חָבַ֣לְנוּ לָ֑ךְ וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣רְנוּ אֶת־הַמִּצְוֹ֗ת וְאֶת־הַֽחֻקִּים֙ וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֥ה עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
- We have actedחָבַלchâbal · to destroyH2254
- veryחָבַלchâbal · to destroyH2254
- against You and have not keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- the commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- the statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
- the ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- You commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- Your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
Cross-references for Nehemiah 1:7
- Nehemiah 9:29And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances, By which if a man observes them he shall live. And they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.
- Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
- Daniel 9:5we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.
- 2 Chronicles 27:2He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people continued acting corruptly.
- Hosea 9:9They have gone deep in depravity As in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins.
- Zephaniah 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.’ So her dwelling will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds.
- Revelation 19:2because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.”
- Leviticus 27:34These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 5:1Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I am speaking today in your hearing, that you may learn them and observe them carefully.
- Deuteronomy 6:1“Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it,
- Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- 1 Kings 2:3Keep the charge of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn,
- Psalms 19:8The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways may be established To keep Your statutes!
- Deuteronomy 4:5“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Have not kept thy commandments - The moral precepts by which our lives should be regulated. Statutes - What refers to the rites and ceremonies of thy religion. Judgments - The precepts of justice relative to our conduct to each other.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-11Nehemiah’s prayer includes: Praise (Nehemiah 1:5) Confession (Nehemiah 1:6–7) Remembering God’s promises (Nehemiah 1:8–9) A request (Nehemiah 1:10–11) Nehemiah understood that Israel’s situation was not due to God failing His covenant of unfailing love. Instead, Israel’s ongoing sin led to the punishments described in the covenant.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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Notes
- 1. Nehemiah 1:7 Dan 9:5 ↩
- 2. Nehemiah 1:7 Deut 28:14 ↩
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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