尼希米记 8:6

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以斯拉稱頌耶和華至大的　神，眾民舉手應聲說：“阿們！阿們！”然後跪下，臉伏在地，敬拜耶和華。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 斯 拉 称 颂 耶 和 华 至 大 的 　 神 ； 众 民 都 举 手 应 声 说 ： 阿 们 ！ 阿 们 ！ 就 低 头 ， 面 伏 於 地 ， 敬 拜 耶 和 华 。

Contextual Overview

¹ All the people of Israel gathered together in the square by the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the teacher to bring out the Book of the Teachings of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel. ² So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought out the Teachings for the crowd. Men, women, and all who could listen and understand had gathered. ³ At the square by the Water Gate Ezra read the Teachings out loud from early morning until noon to the men, women, and everyone who could listen and understand. All the people listened carefully to the Book of the Teachings. ⁴ Ezra the teacher stood on a high wooden platform that had been built just for this time. On his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah. And on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. ⁵ Ezra opened the book in full view of everyone, because he was above them. As he opened it, all the people stood up. ⁶ Ezra praised the Lord , the great God, and all the people held up their hands and said, "Amen! Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. ⁷ These Levites explained the Teachings to the people as they stood there: Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah. ⁸ They read from the Book of the Teachings of God and explained what it meant so the people understood what was being read.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

blessed: 1 Chronicles 29:20, 2 Chronicles 6:4, Psalms 41:13, Psalms 72:18, Psalms 72:19, Ephesians 1:3, 1 Peter 1:3

Amen: Nehemiah 5:13, Jeremiah 28:6, Matthew 6:13, 1 Corinthians 14:16

with lifting: Genesis 14:22, Psalms 28:2, Psalms 63:4, Psalms 134:2, Psalms 141:2, Lamentations 3:41, 1 Timothy 2:8

bowed: Genesis 24:26, Exodus 4:31, Exodus 12:27, 2 Chronicles 20:18, 2 Chronicles 29:30

with their faces: Leviticus 9:24, Matthew 26:39, Revelation 7:11

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:33 - blessed 1 Chronicles 16:36 - said Revelation 19:4 - Amen

Cross-References

Genesis 6:16
Make an opening around the top of the boat that is eighteen inches high from the edge of the roof down. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make an upper, middle, and lower deck in it.

Daniel 6:10
Even though Daniel knew that the new law had been written, he went to pray in an upstairs room in his house, which had windows that opened toward Jerusalem. Three times each day Daniel would kneel down to pray and thank God, just as he always had done.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God,.... Before he began to read in the book of the law, he addressed himself to God in a short prayer, wholly in the benedictory way; ascribing blessing, honour, and glory to him, celebrating his being and perfections, setting forth his greatness and his excellency, who was the author and giver of the law he was about to read; and this he the rather did, that what he read might be the more carefully attended to, and come with the greater authority, weight, and influence on those that heard it; and so, Maimonides o says, it is the custom with the Jews, in their synagogues, for the reader, after he has opened the book, and looked out the place he reads, to say this blessing,

"Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the world, who hath chosen us out of all people, and hath given us his law; blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast given us the law; and all the people answer, Amen;''

as they now did, as follows:

and all the people answered, Amen, Amen: repeating the word, to declare their hearty assent to what Ezra had expressed; the Jews have many rules concerning pronouncing the "Amen", that it must not be too quick, curt, and short, nor with too high a voice p:

with lifting up their hands; a prayer gesture, to which the apostle refers, 1 Timothy 2:8,

and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground; expressing hereby the awful sense they had of the Divine Being, and their profound adoration of him.

o Hilchot Tephillah, c. 12. sect. 5. p Schulchan Aruch, ut supra, (par. 1.) c. 124. sect. 12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 8:6. Ezra blessed the Lord — In imitation of this, we say, when the gospel for the day is commenced, Glory be to God for his holy Gospel! and conclude this thanksgiving with, Amen.