For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
and they, in their kingdom, and in Thine abundant goodness, that Thou hast given to them, and in the land, the large and the fat, that Thou hast set before them, have not served Thee, nor turned back from their evil doings.
And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land that thou didst set before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC