Nehemiah 1:8 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 1:8

Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:

KJV

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON GENESIS 9.7 (253)

But I say, Has the Lord used iniquity to snatch the nations from the power of his enemies and recall them to faith in him and to his dominion? By no means. For "Israel" was once "the Lord's portion," but they made Israel turn from their God in sin, and because of their sins God said to them, "Behold, you have been separated by your sins and because of your sins you have been scattered under the whole heaven."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This he quotes from Deut. xxx. 1-5 , and begs leave to put God in mind of it (though the Eternal Mind needs no remembrancer) as that which he guided his desires by, and grounded his faith and hope upon, in praying this prayer: Remember, I beseech thee, that word; for thou hast said, Put me in remembrance.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thy servant Moses - See the parallel places in Lev 26:33 (note), Deu 4:25-27 (note), Deu 28:64 (note), and the notes there. Though in an enemy’s country, and far from the ordinances of God, Nehemiah did not forget the law: he read his Bible well, and quotes correctly.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
זְכָר־	ze.khor-	remember	H2142 →
נָא֙	na'	please	H4994 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַדָּבָ֔ר	ha.da.Var	the word	H1697 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
צִוִּ֛יתָ	tzi.Vi.ta	you commanded	H6680 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֹשֶׁ֥ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
עַבְדְּךָ֖	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אַתֶּ֣ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
תִּמְעָ֔לוּ	tim.'A.lu	you will act unfaithfully	H4603 →
אֲנִ֕י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
אָפִ֥יץ	'a.Fitz	I will scatter	H6327 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
בָּעַמִּֽים׃	ba.'a.Mim	among the peoples	H5971 →

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

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The walk

The walk5

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.

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Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:27–28
  Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Leviticus 26:33
  But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Jeremiah 16:13
  So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you…
- Deuteronomy 28:36
  The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Luke 21:24
  They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.