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Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls under the Persian governor Nehemiah (c. 444 BC) and the great covenant renewal that followed. Nehemiah's prayer in chapter 1 is a model of corporate identificational repentance — confessing ancestral sin as one's own, consistent with the OT theology of corporate solidarity.
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- Primary Witness Text: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this u...
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Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls under the Persian governor Nehemiah (c. 444 BC) and the great covenant renewal that followed. Nehemiah's prayer in chapter 1 is a model of corporate identificational repentance — confessing ancestral sin as one's own, consistent with the OT theology of corporate solidarity.
The Ezra-Nehemiah public reading of the Law (ch. 8) is the OT's clearest picture of expository preaching: sustained, explained, applied, and responded to with worship. It models the ministry of the Word that defines healthy covenant community.
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Nehemiah 5:1
Hebrew
וַתְּהִי צַעֲקַת הָעָם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם גְּדוֹלָה אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶם הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃vatehiy-tza'aqat-ha'am-vnesheyhem-gedvolah-'el-'acheyhem-hayehvdiym
KJV: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
AKJV: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
ASV: Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
YLT: And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:2
Hebrew
וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֹמְרִים בָּנֵינוּ וּבְנֹתֵינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ רַבִּים וְנִקְחָה דָגָן וְנֹאכְלָה וְנִחְיֶֽה׃veyesh-'asher-'omeriym-vaneynv-vvenoteynv-'anachenv-raviym-veniqechah-dagan-veno'khelah-venicheyeh
KJV: For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
AKJV: For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
ASV: For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
YLT: yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we--are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Nehemiah 5:2
Nehemiah 5:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Nehemiah 5:2
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- Nehemiah 5:2
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Exposition: Nehemiah 5:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:3
Hebrew
וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֹמְרִים שְׂדֹתֵינוּ וּכְרָמֵינוּ וּבָתֵּינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ עֹרְבִים וְנִקְחָה דָגָן בָּרָעָֽב׃veyesh-'asher-'omeriym-shedoteynv-vkherameynv-vvateynv-'anachenv-'oreviym-veniqechah-dagan-vara'av
KJV: Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
AKJV: Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
ASV: Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
YLT: And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:3Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Nehemiah 5:3
Nehemiah 5:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Nehemiah 5:3
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Nehemiah 5:3
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:4
Hebrew
וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֹמְרִים לָוִינוּ כֶסֶף לְמִדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׂדֹתֵינוּ וּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃veyesh-'asher-'omeriym-laviynv-khesef-lemidat-hamelekhe-shedoteynv-vkherameynv
KJV: There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
AKJV: There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that on our lands and vineyards.
ASV: There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
YLT: And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Nehemiah 5:4
Nehemiah 5:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Nehemiah 5:4
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Nehemiah 5:4
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:5
Hebrew
וְעַתָּה כִּבְשַׂר אַחֵינוּ בְּשָׂרֵנוּ כִּבְנֵיהֶם בָּנֵינוּ וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ כֹבְשִׁים אֶת־בָּנֵינוּ וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵינוּ לַעֲבָדִים וְיֵשׁ מִבְּנֹתֵינוּ נִכְבָּשׁוֹת וְאֵין לְאֵל יָדֵנוּ וּשְׂדֹתֵינוּ וּכְרָמֵינוּ לַאֲחֵרִֽים׃ve'atah-khiveshar-'acheynv-vesharenv-khiveneyhem-vaneynv-vehineh-'anachenv-khoveshiym-'et-vaneynv-ve'et-venoteynv-la'avadiym-veyesh-mivenoteynv-nikhevashvot-ve'eyn-le'el-yadenv-vshedoteynv-vkherameynv-la'acheriym
KJV: Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
AKJV: Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, see, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought to bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. ¶
ASV: Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
YLT: and now, as the flesh of our brethren is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards are to others.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:5Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Nehemiah 5:5
Nehemiah 5:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Nehemiah 5:5
Source lane
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Nehemiah 5:5
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already:...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:6
Hebrew
וַיִּחַר לִי מְאֹד כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶת־זַֽעֲקָתָם וְאֵת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃vayichar-liy-me'od-kha'asher-shama'etiy-'et-za'aqatam-ve'et-hadevariym-ha'eleh
KJV: And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
AKJV: And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
ASV: And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
YLT: And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:6Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Nehemiah 5:6
Nehemiah 5:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Nehemiah 5:6
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Nehemiah 5:6
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:7
Hebrew
וַיִּמָּלֵךְ לִבִּי עָלַי וָאָרִיבָה אֶת־הַחֹרִים וְאֶת־הַסְּגָנִים וָאֹמְרָה לָהֶם מַשָּׁא אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיו אַתֶּם נשאים נֹשִׁים וָאֶתֵּן עֲלֵיהֶם קְהִלָּה גְדוֹלָֽה׃vayimalekhe-liviy-'alay-va'ariyvah-'et-hachoriym-ve'et-haseganiym-va'omerah-lahem-masha'-'iysh-ve'achiyv-'atem-nsh'ym-noshiym-va'eten-'aleyhem-qehilah-gedvolah
KJV: Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
AKJV: Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
ASV: Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
YLT: and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Nehemiah 5:7
Nehemiah 5:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Nehemiah 5:7
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Nehemiah 5:7
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:8
Hebrew
וָאֹמְרָה לָהֶם אֲנַחְנוּ קָנִינוּ אֶת־אַחֵינוּ הַיְּהוּדִים הַנִּמְכָּרִים לַגּוֹיִם כְּדֵי בָנוּ וְגַם־אַתֶּם תִּמְכְּרוּ אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶם וְנִמְכְּרוּ־לָנוּ וֽ͏ַיַּחֲרִישׁוּ וְלֹא מָצְאוּ דָּבָֽר׃va'omerah-lahem-'anachenv-qaniynv-'et-'acheynv-hayehvdiym-hanimekhariym-lagvoyim-khedey-vanv-vegam-'atem-timekherv-'et-'acheykhem-venimekherv-lanv-vayachariyshv-velo'-matze'v-davar
KJV: And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
AKJV: And I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, which were sold to the heathen; and will you even sell your brothers? or shall they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
ASV: And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.
YLT: and say to them, `We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that is in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Nehemiah 5:8
Nehemiah 5:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Nehemiah 5:8
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Nehemiah 5:8
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Jews
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and fou...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:9
Hebrew
ויאמר וָאוֹמַר לֹא־טוֹב הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם עֹשִׂים הֲלוֹא בְּיִרְאַת אֱלֹהֵינוּ תֵּלֵכוּ מֵחֶרְפַּת הַגּוֹיִם אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃vy'mr-va'vomar-lo'-tvov-hadavar-'asher-'atem-'oshiym-halvo'-veyire'at-'eloheynv-telekhv-mecherefat-hagvoyim-'voyeveynv
KJV: Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
AKJV: Also I said, It is not good that you do: should you not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
ASV: Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
YLT: And I say, `Not good is the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
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Nehemiah 5:9
Nehemiah 5:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Nehemiah 5:9
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:10
Hebrew
וְגַם־אֲנִי אַחַי וּנְעָרַי נֹשִׁים בָּהֶם כֶּסֶף וְדָגָן נַֽעַזְבָה־נָּא אֶת־הַמַּשָּׁא הַזֶּֽה׃vegam-'aniy-'achay-vne'aray-noshiym-vahem-khesef-vedagan-na'azevah-na'-'et-hamasha'-hazeh
KJV: I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
AKJV: I likewise, and my brothers, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
ASV: And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
YLT: And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.
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Nehemiah 5:10
Nehemiah 5:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Nehemiah 5:10
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- Ray
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:11
Hebrew
הָשִׁיבוּ נָא לָהֶם כְּהַיּוֹם שְׂדֹתֵיהֶם כַּרְמֵיהֶם זֵיתֵיהֶם וּבָתֵּיהֶם וּמְאַת הַכֶּסֶף וְהַדָּגָן הַתִּירוֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָר אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם נֹשִׁים בָּהֶֽם׃hashiyvv-na'-lahem-khehayvom-shedoteyhem-kharemeyhem-zeyteyhem-vvateyhem-vme'at-hakhesef-vehadagan-hatiyrvosh-vehayitzehar-'asher-'atem-noshiym-vahem
KJV: Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
AKJV: Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that you exact of them.
ASV: Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
YLT: Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Nehemiah 5:11
Nehemiah 5:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Nehemiah 5:11
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ray
- Restore
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:12
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמְרוּ נָשִׁיב וּמֵהֶם לֹא נְבַקֵּשׁ כֵּן נַעֲשֶׂה כַּאֲשֶׁר אַתָּה אוֹמֵר וָאֶקְרָא אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵם לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה׃vayo'merv-nashiyv-vmehem-lo'-nevaqesh-khen-na'asheh-kha'asher-'atah-'vomer-va'eqera'-'et-hakhohaniym-va'asheviy'em-la'ashvot-khadavar-hazeh
KJV: Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
AKJV: Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
ASV: Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
YLT: And they say, `We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:12Generated editorial synthesis
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Nehemiah 5:12
Nehemiah 5:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Nehemiah 5:12
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:13
Hebrew
גַּם־חָצְנִי נָעַרְתִּי וָֽאֹמְרָה כָּכָה יְנַעֵר הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָקִים אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה מִבֵּיתוֹ וּמִיגִיעוֹ וְכָכָה יִהְיֶה נָעוּר וָרֵק וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָל אָמֵן וַֽיְהַלְלוּ אֶת־יְהוָה וַיַּעַשׂ הָעָם כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה׃gam-chatzeniy-na'aretiy-va'omerah-khakhah-yena'er-ha'elohiym-'et-khal-ha'iysh-'asher-lo'-yaqiym-'et-hadavar-hazeh-miveytvo-vmiygiy'vo-vekhakhah-yiheyeh-na'vr-vareq-vayo'merv-khal-haqahal-'amen-vayehalelv-'et-yehvah-vaya'ash-ha'am-khadavar-hazeh
KJV: Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
AKJV: Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performs not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise. ¶
ASV: Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.
YLT: also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.
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Nehemiah 5:13
<Insuper excussi sinum meum, et dixi: Sic excutiat Deus omnem,>etc. Huic sententiae terribilis clausula imponitur. Quicunque enim pauperibus misericordiam non impendit, vel ab eis qui non habent velut juste exigit, de domo sua excutitur, id est, de coetu Ecclesiae, in qua putabat se perpetuo manere, et de laboribus, scilicet, in fructibus bonorum operum, in quibus se laudabiliter laborasse putabat: nil prorsus laboris recipiet. Labores enim sine pietate non possunt apud Deum fructuosi esse. <Et dixit universa multitudo, Amen.>Quantum Nehemiae objurgatio vel imprecatio corda omnium moverit, ostenditur: audita enim contestatione respondentes, amen, et Deum collaudantes, fecerunt quae jusserat. In quo patet: quia non timore, sed amore dicta ejus susceperunt.
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Nehemiah 5:13
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- Ecclesiae
- Amen
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praise...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:14
Hebrew
גַּם מִיּוֹם ׀ אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה אֹתִי לִהְיוֹת פֶּחָם בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה מִשְּׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וְעַד שְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁנִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אֲנִי וְאַחַי לֶחֶם הַפֶּחָה לֹא אָכַֽלְתִּי׃gam-miyvom- -'asher-tzivah-'otiy-liheyvot-fecham-ve'eretz-yehvdah-mishenat-'esheriym-ve'ad-shenat-sheloshiym-vshetayim-le'aretacheshasete'-hamelekhe-shaniym-sheteym-'eshereh-'aniy-ve'achay-lechem-hafechah-lo'-'akhaletiy
KJV: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
AKJV: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
ASV: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
YLT: Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king--twelve years--I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten:
Commentary WitnessNehemiah 5:14Quoted commentary witness
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Nehemiah 5:14
<Per annos duodecim.>BEDA, ubi supra. Hoc exponit Apostolus, dicens: <Quia statuit Dominus eos qui Evangelium annuntiant, de Evangelio vivere: ego autem nullo horum usus sum>I Cor. 9.. Duodecim autem annis Nehemias cum fratribus suis ita in ducatu vivebant, ut annonas quae ducibus debebantur, non comederent: insinuans evangelicum opus esse in regimine plebis, opus rectoris notabiliter circa Ecclesiam exercere, et a subditis commodum terrenum non quaerere.
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- Apostolus
- Cor
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:15
Hebrew
וְהַפַּחוֹת הָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנַי הִכְבִּידוּ עַל־הָעָם וַיִּקְחוּ מֵהֶם בְּלֶחֶם וָיַיִן אַחַר כֶּֽסֶף־שְׁקָלִים אַרְבָּעִים גַּם נַעֲרֵיהֶם שָׁלְטוּ עַל־הָעָם וַאֲנִי לֹא־עָשִׂיתִי כֵן מִפְּנֵי יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִֽים׃vehafachvot-hari'shoniym-'asher-lefanay-hikheviydv-'al-ha'am-vayiqechv-mehem-velechem-vayayin-'achar-khesef-sheqaliym-'areva'iym-gam-na'areyhem-shaletv-'al-ha'am-va'aniy-lo'-'ashiytiy-khen-mifeney-yire'at-'elohiym
KJV: But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
AKJV: But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
ASV: But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
YLT: the former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people--and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:15Generated editorial synthesis
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Nehemiah 5:15
Nehemiah 5:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Nehemiah 5:15
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- Nehemiah 5:15
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did no...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:16
Hebrew
וְגַם בִּמְלֶאכֶת הַחוֹמָה הַזֹּאת הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְשָׂדֶה לֹא קָנִינוּ וְכָל־נְעָרַי קְבוּצִים שָׁם עַל־הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃vegam-vimele'khet-hachvomah-hazo't-hechezaqetiy-veshadeh-lo'-qaniynv-vekhal-ne'aray-qevvtziym-sham-'al-hamela'khah
KJV: Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
AKJV: Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither to the work.
ASV: Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
YLT: And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:16Generated editorial synthesis
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Nehemiah 5:16
Nehemiah 5:16 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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- Nehemiah 5:16
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Yea
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:17
Hebrew
וְהַיְּהוּדִים וְהַסְּגָנִים מֵאָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ וְהַבָּאִים אֵלֵינוּ מִן־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ עַל־שֻׁלְחָנִֽי׃vehayehvdiym-vehaseganiym-me'ah-vachamishiym-'iysh-vehava'iym-'eleynv-min-hagvoyim-'asher-seviyvoteynv-'al-shulechaniy
KJV: Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
AKJV: Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came to us from among the heathen that are about us.
ASV: Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.
YLT: and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that are round about us, are at my table;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:17Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Nehemiah 5:17
Nehemiah 5:17 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Nehemiah 5:17
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- Nehemiah 5:17
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:18
Hebrew
וַאֲשֶׁר הָיָה נַעֲשֶׂה לְיוֹם אֶחָד שׁוֹר אֶחָד צֹאן שֵׁשׁ־בְּרֻרוֹת וְצִפֳּרִים נַֽעֲשׂוּ־לִי וּבֵין עֲשֶׂרֶת יָמִים בְּכָל־יַיִן לְהַרְבֵּה וְעִם־זֶה לֶחֶם הַפֶּחָה לֹא בִקַּשְׁתִּי כִּֽי־כָֽבְדָה הָעֲבֹדָה עַל־הָעָם הַזֶּֽה׃va'asher-hayah-na'asheh-leyvom-'echad-shvor-'echad-tzo'n-shesh-verurvot-vetziforiym-na'ashv-liy-vveyn-'asheret-yamiym-vekhal-yayin-lehareveh-ve'im-zeh-lechem-hafechah-lo'-viqashetiy-khiy-khavedah-ha'avodah-'al-ha'am-hazeh
KJV: Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
AKJV: Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
ASV: Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
YLT: and that which hath been prepared for one day is one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:18Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Nehemiah 5:18
Nehemiah 5:18 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Nehemiah 5:18
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- Nehemiah 5:18
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, be...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Nehemiah 5:19
Hebrew
זָכְרָה־לִּי אֱלֹהַי לְטוֹבָה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עַל־הָעָם הַזֶּֽה׃zakherah-liy-'elohay-letvovah-khol-'asher-'ashiytiy-'al-ha'am-hazeh
KJV: Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
AKJV: Think on me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
ASV: Remember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
YLT: Remember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Nehemiah 5:19Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Nehemiah 5:19
Nehemiah 5:19 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Nehemiah 5:19
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Nehemiah 5:19
Exposition: Nehemiah 5:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Nehemiah 5:1
- Nehemiah 5:2
- Nehemiah 5:3
- Nehemiah 5:4
- Nehemiah 5:5
- Nehemiah 5:6
- Nehemiah 5:7
- Nehemiah 5:8
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- Nehemiah 5:10
- Nehemiah 5:11
- Nehemiah 5:12
- Nehemiah 5:13
- Nehemiah 5:14
- Nehemiah 5:15
- Nehemiah 5:16
- Nehemiah 5:17
- Nehemiah 5:18
- Nehemiah 5:19
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- We
- Jews
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- Amen
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Nehemiah 5:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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