Nehemiah 1:7 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 1:7

We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

KJV

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Have not kept thy commandments - The moral precepts by which our lives should be regulated. Statutes - What refers to the rites and ceremonies of thy religion. Judgments - The precepts of justice relative to our conduct to each other.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חֲבֹ֖ל	cha.Vol	surely <to act corruptly>	H2254 →
חָבַ֣לְנוּ	cha.Val.nu	we have acted corruptly	H2254 →
לָ֑ךְ	Lakh	to you
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
שָׁמַ֣רְנוּ	sha.Mar.nu	we have kept	H8104 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמִּצְוֹ֗ת	ha.mitz.Vot	the commandments	H4687 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַֽחֻקִּים֙	ha.chu.Kim	the statutes	H2706 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים	ha.mish.pa.Tim	the judgments	H4941 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
צִוִּ֖יתָ	tzi.Vi.ta	you commanded	H6680 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֹשֶׁ֥ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃	'av.De.kha	servant your	H5650 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 9:13
Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:15–68
  If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 9:13
  But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 2:30
  “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Daniel 9:11
  All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out…
- Leviticus 26:14–46
  If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
Through
Daniel 9:11
All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out…
leads to
- Jeremiah 8:5–10
  Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Isaiah 1:4–6
  Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on…
Through
Psalms 106:6
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:16
  But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.