Ezra 9:15

Ezra 9:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!”

Context of Ezra 9:15

13And after everything that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have spared us by inflicting less than our wrongdoing deserves, and have given us such an escaped remnant as this, 14shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us to the point of destruction, until there would be no remnant nor any who would escape? Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”

Ezra 9:15 word by word

יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ צַדִּ֣יק אַ֔תָּה כִּֽי־נִשְׁאַ֥רְנוּ פְלֵיטָ֖ה כְּהַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה הִנְנ֤וּ לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לַעֲמ֛וֹד לְפָנֶ֖יךָ עַל־זֹֽאת׃ פRead the interlinear

• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• You are righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• for we have been leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• an escapedפְּלֵיטָהpelêyţâh pelêţâh · survivorH6413
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• we are beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• our guiltאַשְׁמָה'ashmâh · guiltinessH819
• noאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• can standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• You becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Ezra 9:15

• Nehemiah 9:33However, You are righteous in everything that has happened to us; For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
• Daniel 9:7“Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.
• Romans 10:3For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
• Lamentations 3:22The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail.
• Isaiah 64:6For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
• Ezekiel 33:10“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have said: “Surely our offenses and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we survive?”’
• Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was clothed in filthy garments and was standing before the angel.
• John 8:21Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:17and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
• Job 9:2“In truth I know that this is so; But how can a person be in the right with God?
• Psalms 130:3If You, Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds, Lord, who could stand?
• Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For no person living is righteous in Your sight.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

Commentaries on Ezra 9:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thou art righteous - Thou art merciful; this is one of the many meanings of the word צדק tsedek ; and to this meaning St. Paul refers, when he says, God declares his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, Romans 3:25; (note). See the note there. We remain yet escaped - Because of this righteousness or mercy. In our trespasses - We have no righteousness; we are clothed and covered with our trespasses. We cannot stand before thee because of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Some take “righteous” to mean here “kind” or “merciful.” Others give it the more usual sense of “just,” and understand the full meaning of the passage to be, “Thou art righteous, and hast punished us, because of our sin, the contraction of forbidden marriages, so that we are a mere remnant of what was once a great people.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-15Verses 5-15 The sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of the blessed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Ezra's address is a penitent confession of sin, the sin of his people. But let this be the comfort of true penitents, that though their sins reach to the heavens, God's mercy is in the heavens. Ezra, speaking of sin, speaks as one much ashamed. Holy shame is as necessary in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15You are righteous: God is angry with sin because He is just and holy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-155-15. I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God--The burden of his prayer, which was dictated by a deep sense of the emergency, was that he was overwhelmed at the flagrant enormity of this sin, and the bold impiety of continuing in it after having, as a people, so recently experienced the heavy marks of the divine displeasure. God had begun to show returning favor to Israel by the restoration of some. But this only aggravated…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezra 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings