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Nehemiah 5:19
19Remember, O my God, all that I have done for these people, and bless me for it.
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 King James Version (NKJV)Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Context of Nehemiah 5:19
17I asked for nothing, even though I regularly fed 150 Jewish officials at my table, besides all the visitors from other lands! 18The provisions I paid for each day included one ox, six choice sheep or goats, and a large number of poultry. And every ten days we needed a large supply of all kinds of wine. Yet I refused to claim the governor’s food allowance because the people already carried a heavy burden. Remember, O my God, all that I have done for these people, and bless me for it.
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 this good deed, O my God, and do not forget all that I have faithfully done for the Temple of my God and its services.
- Genesis 40:14And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place.
- Psalms 25:6Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past.
- Psalms 40:17As for me, since I am poor and needy, let the Lord keep me in his thoughts. You are my helper and my savior. O my God, do not delay.
- Psalms 106:4Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.
- 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.
- Psalms 18:23I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.
- Matthew 10:42And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”
- Matthew 25:34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.
- Mark 9:41If anyone gives you even a cup of water because you belong to the Messiah, I tell you the truth, that person will surely be rewarded.
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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