New English Translation
Nehemiah 1:9
9But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’
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 behaved corruptly against you, not obeying the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments that you commanded your servant Moses. 8Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations. But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’ 10They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your mighty strength and by your powerful hand. 11Please, O Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man.” Now I was cupbearer for the king.
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 26:39“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.
- Deuteronomy 4:29But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
- Deuteronomy 30:2Then if you and your descendants turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today,
- Jeremiah 29:11For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35Say this prayer: “Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.”
- Psalms 106:47Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.
- Psalms 147:2The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel.
- Isaiah 11:12He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel’s dispersed people and assemble Judah’s scattered people from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 56:8The sovereign Lord says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather them up.”
- Jeremiah 12:15But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country.
- Jeremiah 31:10Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, “The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”
- Jeremiah 32:37‘I will certainly regather my people from all the countries where I will have exiled them in my anger, fury, and great wrath. I will bring them back to this place and allow them to live here in safety.
- Jeremiah 50:19But I will restore the flock of Israel to their own pasture. They will graze on Mount Carmel and the land of Bashan. They will eat until they are full on the hills of Ephraim and the land of Gilead.
- Matthew 24:31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
- Jeremiah 3:14“Come back to me, my wayward sons,” says the Lord, “for I am your true master. If you do, I will take one of you from each town and two of you from each family group, and I will bring you back to Zion.
- Ezekiel 36:24“‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your 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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