尼希米记 8:10

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

尼希米又對他們說：“你們應當去吃肥美的肉，喝甘甜的酒，把部分飲食分給沒有能力預備的人，因為今天是我們的主的聖日；你們不要憂愁，因為靠耶和華而得的喜樂是你們的力量。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
又 对 他 们 说 ： 你 们 去 吃 肥 美 的 ， 喝 甘 甜 的 ， 有 不 能 预 备 的 就 分 给 他 ， 因 为 今 日 是 我 们 主 的 圣 日 。 你 们 不 要 忧 愁 ， 因 靠 耶 和 华 而 得 的 喜 乐 是 你 们 的 力 量 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the Levites who were teaching said to all the people, "This is a holy day to the Lord your God. Don't be sad or cry." All the people had been crying as they listened to the words of the Teachings. ¹⁰ Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy good food and sweet drinks. Send some to people who have none, because today is a holy day to the Lord. Don't be sad, because the joy of the Lord will make you strong." ¹¹ The Levites helped calm the people, saying, "Be quiet, because this is a holy day. Don't be sad." ¹² Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send some of their food to others, and to celebrate with great joy. They finally understood what they had been taught.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go your way: Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 9:7, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 Timothy 6:18

eat: Song of Solomon 5:1

send: Deuteronomy 26:11-13, Esther 9:19, Esther 9:22, Job 31:16-18, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Luke 11:41, Revelation 11:10

the joy: Psalms 28:7, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 149:2, Proverbs 17:22, Isaiah 6:7, Isaiah 6:8, Isaiah 12:1-3, Isaiah 35:1-4, Isaiah 61:10, Joel 2:23, 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 12:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 3:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:17 - eat neither Deuteronomy 12:12 - And ye Deuteronomy 15:14 - the Lord Deuteronomy 27:7 - rejoice 1 Samuel 25:8 - a good day 2 Samuel 6:19 - he dealt 1 Kings 8:66 - joyful 1 Chronicles 16:3 - to every one 2 Chronicles 7:10 - glad 2 Chronicles 30:21 - great gladness Ezra 6:16 - with joy Nehemiah 8:12 - to send Esther 8:17 - a feast Job 29:13 - I caused Job 31:17 - have Psalms 30:11 - girded Psalms 118:24 - we will Isaiah 40:1 - comfort Zechariah 14:21 - every Luke 14:13 - call John 6:12 - that nothing John 17:13 - that Acts 2:46 - did Philippians 3:1 - rejoice Philippians 4:7 - shall

Cross-References

Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe off from the earth every living thing that I have made."

Genesis 7:10
Seven days later the flood started.

Genesis 8:12
Seven days later he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not come back.

Psalms 40:1

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

I waited patiently for the Lord . He turned to me and heard my cry.

Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord to help us, the Lord who is ashamed of the family of Israel. I will wait for him.

Isaiah 26:8
But, Lord , we are waiting for your way of justice. Our souls want to remember you and your name.

Romans 8:25
But we are hoping for something we do not have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then he said unto them,.... Nehemiah the Tirshatha or governor:

go your way; to their own houses, and refresh themselves; it being noon, and they had stood many hours attentive to the reading and expounding of the law:

eat the fat, and drink the sweet: not a common meal, but a feast, consisting of the richest provisions, the best of food and liquors

and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared; for the poor, who had no food at home provided for them; the widow, fatherless, and stranger, who at festivals were to partake of the entertainment,

Deuteronomy 16:11

for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be you sorry; confirming what the Levites had said and exhorted to, Nehemiah 8:9

for the joy of the Lord is your strength; to rejoice, as the Lord commanded them on such days as these, was a means both of increasing their bodily strength and their inward strength, and of fitting them the more to perform their duty to God and men with cheerfulness, which sorrow and heaviness made unfit for; and the joy which has the Lord for its object, and comes from him, is the cause of renewing spiritual strength, so as to run and not be weary, walk and not faint, in the ways of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “sending of portions” to the poor is not distinctly mentioned in any but the later historical Scriptures (compare the margin reference). The practice naturally grew out of this injunction of the Law Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 8:10. Eat the fat, and drink the sweet — Eat and drink the best that you have; and while ye are feeding yourselves in the fear of the Lord, remember those who cannot feast; and send portions to them, that the joy and the thanksgiving may be general. Let the poor have reason to rejoice as well as you.

For the joy of the Lord is your strength. — This is no gluttonous and drunken festival that enervates the body, and enfeebles the mind: from your religious feast your bodies will acquire strength and your minds power and fervour, so that you shall be able to DO HIS will, and to do it cheerfully. Religious joy, properly tempered with continual dependence on the help of God, meekness of mind, and self-diffidence, is a powerful means of strengthening the soul. In such a state every duty is practicable, and every duty delightful. In such a frame of mind no man an ever fell, and in such a state of mind the general health of the body is much improved; a cheerful heart is not only a continual feast, but also a continual medicine.