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 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. 7We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. Remember 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.’ 10They are Your servants and Your people whom You redeemed by Your great power and by Your 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

• Rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• You commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• Your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• If you are unfaithfulמָעַלmâ‛al · be unfaithfulH4603
• I will scatterפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• you among the peoplesעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Nehemiah 1:8

• Psalms 119:49Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope.
• Luke 1:72To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,
• Leviticus 26:33You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.
• Deuteronomy 4:25“When you become the father of children and children’s children and have remained long in the land, and act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord your God so as to provoke Him to anger,
• Deuteronomy 28:64Moreover, the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known.
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces, I will remove the memory of them from men,”
• 1 Kings 9:6“But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship 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