New King James Version
Nehemiah 5:19
19Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Nehemiah 5:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
- New International Version (NIV)Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Remember, O my God, all that I have done for these people, and bless me for it.
Context of Nehemiah 5:19
17And at my table were one hundred and fifty Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. 18Now that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine. Yet in spite of this I did not demand the governor’s provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people. Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Read all of Nehemiah 5Nehemiah 5:19 word by word
זָכְרָה־לִּ֥י אֱלֹהַ֖י לְטוֹבָ֑ה כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֖יתִי עַל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Nehemiah 5:19
- Nehemiah 13:14Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services!
- Genesis 40:14But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.
- Psalms 25:6Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, For they are from of old.
- Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.
- Psalms 106:4Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
- Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Psalms 18:23I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
- Matthew 10:42And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”
- Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- Mark 9:41For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 5:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Think upon me, my God, for good - Nehemiah wishes for no reward from man; and he only asks mercy at the hand of his God for what his providence enabled him to do; and which, according to the good hand of his God upon him, he had done faithfully. He does not offer his good deeds to God in extenuation of his sins, or as a compensation for the heaven he expected. Nothing of the kind: he simply says, what any good man might say, My God, as I have done good to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-19Verses 14-19 Those who truly fear God, will not dare to do any thing cruel or unjust. Let all who are in public places remember that they are so placed to do good, not to enrich themselves. Nehemiah mentions it to God in prayer, not as if he had merited any favour from God, but to show that he depended upon God only, to make up to him what he had lost and laid out for his honour. Nehemiah evidently spake and acted as one that knew himself to be a sinner…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Nehemiah prayed for God to remember and bless him, showing his reliance on God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-196-12. I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words--When such disorders came to the knowledge of the governor, his honest indignation was roused against the perpetrators of the evil. Having summoned a public assembly, he denounced their conduct in terms of just severity. He contrasted it with his own in redeeming with his money some of the Jewish exiles who, through debt or otherwise, had lost their personal liberty in Babylon. He urged the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 5
- 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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