Nehemiah 9:2

Nehemiah 9:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Context of Nehemiah 9:2

1Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them. The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers. 3While they stood in their place, they read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God. 4Now on the Levites’ platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

Nehemiah 9:2 word by word

וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ֙ זֶ֣רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָ֑ר וַיַּעַמְד֗וּ וַיִּתְוַדּוּ֙ עַל־חַטֹּ֣אתֵיהֶ֔ם וַעֲוֹנ֖וֹת אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• descendantsזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• separatedבָּדַלbâdal · to separateH914
• themselves from allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• foreignersבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• foreignersנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
• and they stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• confessedיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
• their sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• and the wrongdoingsעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Nehemiah 9:2

• Nehemiah 13:3So when they heard the Law, they excluded all foreigners from Israel.
• Ezra 9:2For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy line has intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the officials and the leaders have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness.”
• Ezra 10:11Now therefore, make confession to the Lord God of your fathers and do His will; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”
• Psalms 144:7Reach out with Your hand from on high; Rescue me and save me from great waters, From the hand of foreigners
• Isaiah 2:6For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines. They also strike bargains with the children of foreigners.
• Hosea 5:7They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, For they have given birth to illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their land.
• Nehemiah 1:6let 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 committed against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.
• Leviticus 26:39So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their wrongdoing in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the wrongdoing of their forefathers they will rot away with them.
• Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have risen above our heads, and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.
• Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers, We have gone astray, we have behaved wickedly.
• Daniel 9:3So I gave my attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
• 1 John 1:7but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 9:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The seed of Israel separated themselves - A reformation of this kind was begun by Ezra, Ezra 10:3; but it appears that either more were found out who had taken strange wives, or else those who had separated from them had taken them again. And stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. - They acknowledged that they had been sinners against God throughout all their generations; that their fathers had sinned and were punished; and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins: This might refer to the issue of intermarriage with foreigners, as described in Ezra 9–10.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers--Not only did they read in their recent sufferings a punishment of the national apostasy and guilt, but they had made themselves partakers of their fathers' sins by following the same evil ways.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 9:2

• Fasting
• Prayer
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Covenant
• Divide
• Gracious
• Mighty
• Neck
• Sure
• Israel, History of
• Leviticus
• Synagogue, the Great

Commentaries on Nehemiah 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings