New Living Translation
Nehemiah 1:9
9But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.’
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 sinned terribly by not obeying the commands, decrees, and regulations that you gave us through your servant Moses. 8“Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the nations. But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.’ 10“The people you rescued by your great power and strong hand are your servants. 11O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.
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 26:39Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
- Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
- Deuteronomy 30:2If at that time you and your children return to the Lord your God, and if you obey with all your heart and all your soul all the commands I have given you today,
- Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35Cry out, “Save us, O God of our salvation! Gather and rescue us from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.”
- Psalms 106:47Save us, O Lord our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.
- Psalms 147:2The Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing the exiles back to Israel.
- Isaiah 11:12He will raise a flag among the nations and assemble the exiles of Israel. He will gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the earth.
- Isaiah 56:8For the Sovereign Lord, who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says: I will bring others, too, besides my people Israel.”
- Jeremiah 12:15But afterward I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own possession.
- Jeremiah 31:10“Listen to this message from the Lord, you nations of the world; proclaim it in distant coastlands: The Lord, who scattered his people, will gather them and watch over them as a shepherd does his flock.
- Jeremiah 32:37I will certainly bring my people back again from all the countries where I will scatter them in my fury. I will bring them back to this very city and let them live in peace and safety.
- Jeremiah 50:19And I will bring Israel home again to its own land, to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan, and to be satisfied once more in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
- Matthew 24:31And he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world—from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.
- Jeremiah 3:14“Return home, you wayward children,” says the Lord, “for I am your master. I will bring you back to the land of Israel— one from this town and two from that family— from wherever you are scattered.
- Ezekiel 36:24For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again 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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