Nehemiah 5:9 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 5:9

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

KJV

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God - If ye wish to accredit that religion ye profess which comes from the God of justice and mercy; should you not, in the sight of the heathen, abstain from injustice and cruelty? Can they credit your profession, when they see such practices? The inconsistent conduct of some professors of religion does much harm in the Church of God.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאוֹמַ֕ר	vai.yo.mer	and I said	H559 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
ט֥וֹב	Tov	[is] good	H2896 →
הַדָּבָ֖ר	ha.da.Var	the thing	H1697 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
אַתֶּ֣ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
עֹשִׂ֑ים	'o.Sim	[are] doing	H6213 →
הֲל֞וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
בְּיִרְאַ֤ת	be.yir.'At	in [the] fear of	H3374 →
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
תֵּלֵ֔כוּ	te.Le.khu	are you walking	H1980 →
מֵחֶרְפַּ֖ת	me.cher.Pat	from [the] reproach of	H2781 →
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃	'oy.Vei.nu	enemies our	H341 →

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
Romans 2:24
As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 36:20–23
  And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
- Isaiah 52:5
  And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Peter 2:2
  Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
Through
1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:16
  keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
- Matthew 5:16
  In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Titus 2:7–8
  In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- Philippians 2:15–16
  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- 2 Corinthians 8:21
  For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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