Nehemiah 2:20 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 2:20

So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

KJV

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye have no portion, nor right - To be a citizen of Jerusalem was a high honor; and they would not permit those who did not belong to the tribes of Israel to dwell there. Zerubbabel gave the same answer to the Samaritans, Ezr 4:3.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

No portion - You have no authority over us, nor interest in our church and state, but are aliens from the common-wealth of Israel. Memorial - No testimony, or monument, either of your relation to us by birth or religion, or of your kindness to us, or to this place.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They represented the undertaking also as a wicked thing, no better than treason: Will you rebel against the king? Because this was the old invidious charge, though now they had a commission from the king and were taken under his protection, yet still they must be called rebels. [2.] See also with what good reason the Jews slighted these discouragements.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאָשִׁ֨יב	va.'a.Shiv	and I brought back	H7725 →
אוֹתָ֜ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
דָּבָ֗ר	da.Var	word	H1697 →
וָאוֹמַ֤ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
לָהֶם֙	la.Hem	to them
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
ה֚וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
יַצְלִ֣יחַֽ	yatz.Li.ach	he will grant success	H6743 →
לָ֔נוּ	La.nu	to us
וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ	va.'a.Nach.nu	and we	H587 →
עֲבָדָ֖יו	'a.va.Dav	servants his	H5650 →
נָק֣וּם	na.Kum	we will arise	H6965 →
וּבָנִ֑ינוּ	u.va.Ni.nu	and we will rebuild	H1129 →
וְלָכֶ֗ם	ve.la.Khem	and [belongs] to you
אֵֽין־	'ein-	not	H369 →
חֵ֧לֶק	Che.lek	a share	H2506 →
וּצְדָקָ֛ה	u.tze.da.Kah	and a right	H6666 →
וְזִכָּר֖וֹן	ve.zi.ka.Ron	and a memorial	H2146 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →

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
Isaiah 56:5
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be…
leads to
- Revelation 3:12
  The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the…
- Revelation 3:5
  Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His…
- 1 John 3:1
  Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is…
- 1 Timothy 3:15
  in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Through
Acts 10:31
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
leads to
- Acts 10:4
  Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- Luke 1:13
  But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Daniel 9:23
  At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
Through
Nehemiah 2:4
“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
leads to
- Philippians 4:6
  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.