Nehemiah 9:38 Parallel Translations

"We are making a binding agreement and putting it in writing because of all this. Our leaders, Levites, and priests are putting their seals on the document."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

ASV:

And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.

BBE:

And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.

DBY:

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests are at the sealing.

ERV:

And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.

JPS:

And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and subscribe it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, set their seal unto it.

WBS:

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it.

WEB:

Yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal to it.

YLT:

And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed are our heads, our Levites, our priests.'

Nehemiah 9:38 Cross References

XREF:

Nehemiah 10:1 Now on the sealed document were the names of: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

Nehemiah 10:29 are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God's law, which was given through Moses, God's servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:38 And because of all this we make {n} a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].
(n) Thus by affliction they promise to keep God's commandments to which they could not be brought by God's great benefits.

WES:

9:38 Sure covenant, and c. - It was sealed and left upon record, that it might be a witness against them, if they dealt deceitfully.

MHC:

9:4-38 The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their hearts. The testimony of the prophets was the testimony of the Spirit in the prophets, and it was the Spirit of Christ in them. They spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and what they said is to be received accordingly. The result was, wonder at the Lord's mercies, and the feeling that sin had brought them to their present state, from which nothing but unmerited love could rescue them. And is not their conduct a specimen of human nature? Let us study the history of our land, and our own history. Let us recollect our advantages from childhood, and ask what were our first returns? Let us frequently do so, that we may be kept humble, thankful, and watchful. Let all remember that pride and obstinacy are sins which ruin the soul. But it is often as hard to persuade the broken-hearted to hope, as formerly it was to bring them to fear. Is this thy case? Behold this sweet promise, A God ready to pardon! Instead of keeping away from God under a sense of unworthiness, let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. He is a God ready to pardon.

CONC:

Affixing Agreement Binding Covenant Document Faith Firm Heads Leaders Levites Making Names Priests Princes Putting Rulers Seal Sealed Sealing Seals Stedfast Subscribe Sure Writing Yet

Agreement Binding Covenant Document Faith Firm Good Levites Making Names Priests Princes Rulers Seal Sealed Seals Subscribe Sure View Write Writing

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