Nehemiah 1:10
in Nehemiah 1They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
KJV
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
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This verse in Nehemiah 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseNow these are thy servants, and thy people,.... Meaning those that were in Jerusalem and Judah, gathered out of several countries, and returned to Jerusalem: whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand; touching and moving the heart of Cyrus to proclaim liberty to them.
This site's exposition
You redeemed them by Your great power
on Nehemiah 1:10-11
Nehemiah asks for one day's success: "Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man" (1:11). The king of Persia is "this man," and the last line names Nehemiah's access: "I was the cupbearer to the king."
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
18 ) that he offered sacrifice, we must conclude him to have been a priest. Nehemiah's station at the court of Persia. We are here told that he was in Shushan the palace, or royal city, of the king of Persia, where the court was ordinarily kept (
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), whom thou hast set apart for thyself, and taken into covenant with thee. Wilt thou suffer thy sworn enemies to trample upon and oppress thy sworn servants? If thou wilt not appear for thy people, whom wilt thou appear for?" See Isa. lxiii.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
I beseech You, O Lord, may Your ear now be attentive At the beginning of his prayer he used this expression, and so after his prayer.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵ֥ם | vehem | and they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ | ʾavadeikha | [are] servants your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וְעַמֶּ֑ךָ | veamekha | and people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּדִ֙יתָ֙ | padita | you redeemed | H6299 → | |
| בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ | bekhochakha | by strength your | H3581 → | |
| הַגָּד֔וֹל | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וּבְיָדְךָ֖ | uveyadekha | and by hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הַחֲזָקָֽה׃ | hachazakah | <the> mighty | H2389 → |
וְהֵ֥םand they
vehemH1992 →553 times
עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ[are] servants your
ʾavadeikhaH5650 →799 times
וְעַמֶּ֑ךָand people your
veamekhaH5971 →1873 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
פָּדִ֙יתָ֙you redeemed
paditaH6299 →
בְּכֹחֲךָ֣by strength your
bekhochakhaH3581 →
הַגָּד֔וֹל<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
וּבְיָדְךָ֖and by hand your
uveyadekhaH3027 →1618 times
הַחֲזָקָֽה׃<the> mighty
hachazakahH2389 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 6:1But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he…
it leads to
- Exodus 12:33
And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
- Exodus 3:19–20
But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
- Psalms 136:12
with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Exodus 12:31
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
- Exodus 12:39
Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had…
- Exodus 12:33
Through
Psalms 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 10:16
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Exodus 15:13
With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
- Jeremiah 10:16
Through
Exodus 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:18–20
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…
- Deuteronomy 9:18–20
Where this verse is studied
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About Nehemiah
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2714: "Those Who Desire"; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.