Nehemiah 9:35

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
served	עֲבָד֑וּךָ 'a.va.Du.kha	H5647	to work (in any sense) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
kingdom	בְּמַלְכוּתָם֩ be.mal.khu.Tam	H4438	a rule · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
great	הָרָ֜ב ha.Rav	H7227	abundant (in quantity · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
goodness	וּבְטוּבְךָ֨ u.ve.tu.ve.Kha	H2898	good (as a noun) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
gavest	נָתַ֣תָּ na.Ta.ta	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
large	הָרְחָבָ֧ה ha.re.cha.Vah	H7342	roomy · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
fat	וְהַשְּׁמֵנָ֛ה ve.ha.she.me.Nah	H8082	greasy · conjunction + definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
land	וּבְאֶ֨רֶץ u.ve.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
gavest	נָתַ֥תָּ na.Ta.ta	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
before	לִפְנֵיהֶ֖ם lif.nei.Hem	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
turned	שָׁ֔בוּ Sha.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
wicked	הָרָעִֽים ha.ra.'Im	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
works	מִמַּֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֖ם mi.ma.'a.lei.Hem	H4611	an act (good or bad) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Deuteronomy 32:12-15 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Jeremiah 5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like a…
Deuteronomy 8:7-10 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills…
Deuteronomy 31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it sh…
Nehemiah 9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit tree…
Romans 3:4-5 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overc…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named (Neh 9:4, Neh 9:5), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (Co1 14:31, You may all prophesy one by one), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distance from each other, and each had a Levite to preside in it. 2. The work itself in which they employed themselves. (1.) They prayed to God, cried to him with a loud voice (Neh 9:4), for the pardon of the sins of Israel and God's favour to them. They cried aloud, not that God might the better hear them,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:32

Now therefore, our God . . . who keepest covenant and mercy--God's fidelity to His covenant is prominently acknowledged, and well it might; for their whole national history bore testimony to it. But as this could afford them little ground of comfort or of hope while they were so painfully conscious of having violated it, they were driven to seek refuge in the riches of divine grace; and hence the peculiar style of invocation here adopted: "Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy."

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:35

For they have not served thee in their kingdom - Instead of במלכותם bemalcutham, "in Their kingdom," במלכותך bemalcuthecha, in Thy kingdom," is the reading of two of Kennicott's MSS.; as also of the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic. This is most likely to be the true reading.

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:35

For they have not served thee in their kingdom,.... When in it, whether of Israel or of Judah, and when in the most flourishing circumstances: and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them; amidst all the prosperity and affluence of good things they enjoyed, which was an obligation upon them to serve the Lord: and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them; the land of Canaan, a land flowing with milk, which lay open for them, their enemies being driven out before them, see Nehemiah 9:25, neither turned they from their wicked works; their idolatries more especially.

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Goodness Of God, The · Declared to be: Great — Declared to be: Great
Ingratitude · OF MAN TO GOD — OF MAN TO GOD
Prayer, Public · Exemplified: Jeshua — Exemplified: Jeshua

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 9:35

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:32

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:35

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:35

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 9:35

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:32

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 9:35

John Gill on Nehemiah 9:35

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 9:35–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 9:32-37

Rashi on Nehemiah 9:33