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Contemporary English Version

Nehemiah 1:8

Please remember the promise you made to Moses. You told him that if we were unfaithful, you would scatter us among foreign nations.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Country;   Faith;   Intercession;   Nation;   Patriotism;   Prayer;   Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dispersion;   Israel;   Jews;   Nehemiah;   The Topic Concordance - Choosing/chosen;   Disobedience;   Israel/jews;   Jerusalem;   Name;   Obedience;   Servants;   Turning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions Made Beneficial;   Prayer, Intercessory;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Preaching;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Confession;   Exodus;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fast, Fasting;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Isaiah, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Prayer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ezra;   Scripture;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Prayer;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Please remember what you commanded your servant Moses: “If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples.
Hebrew Names Version
Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moshe, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
King James Version
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
English Standard Version
Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples,
New Century Version
"Remember what you taught your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations.
New English Translation
Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.
Amplified Bible
"Please remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful and violate your obligations to Me I will scatter you [abroad] among the peoples;
New American Standard Bible
"Remember, please, the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;
World English Bible
Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
Geneva Bible (1587)
I beseeche thee, remember the worde that thou commandedst thy seruant Moses, saying, Ye wil transgresse, and I will scatter you abroade among the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;
Berean Standard Bible
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
Complete Jewish Bible
Remember, please, the word you gave through your servant Moshe, ‘If you break faith, I will scatter you among the peoples;
Darby Translation
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Please remember the teaching you gave your servant Moses. You said to him, ‘If you Israelites are not faithful, I will force you to be scattered among the other nations.
George Lamsa Translation
Remember now all the commandments which thou didst command thy servant Moses, saying, If you transgress against me, I will scatter you among the nations;
Good News Translation
Remember now what you told Moses: ‘If you people of Israel are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the other nations.
Lexham English Bible
Please, remember the word that you have commanded to your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you act unfaithfully I will scatter you all among the nations.
Literal Translation
I beseech You, remember the Word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yet call to remembraunce ye worde that thou comaundedst thy seruaunt Moses, and saydest: Yf ye trasgresse, then wil I scater you abrode amonge the nacios.
American Standard Version
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
Bible in Basic English
Keep in mind, O Lord, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying, If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I beseche thee call to remembraunce the worde that thou commaundedst thy seruaunt Moyses, and saydest, Ye will transgresse, and I will scatter you abrode among the nations:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal treacherously, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;
King James Version (1611)
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy seruant Moses, saying, If yee transgresse, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Remember, I pray thee, the word wherewith thou didst charge thy servant Moses, saying, If ye break covenant with me, I will disperse you among the nations.
English Revised Version
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Haue mynde of the word, which thou comaundidist to thi seruaunt Moises, and seidist, Whanne ye han trespassid, Y schal scatere you in to puplis;
Update Bible Version
Remember, I urge you, the word that you commanded your slave Moses, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
Webster's Bible Translation
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, [If] ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
New King James Version
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations; Leviticus 26:33">[fn]
New Living Translation
"Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the nations.
New Life Bible
Remember what You told Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are not faithful, I will make you go different places in other nations.
New Revised Standard
Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Remember, I pray thee, the word, which thou didst command Moses thy servant, saying, - If, ye, are unfaithful, I, will scatter you among the peoples:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember the word that thou commandedst to Moses thy servant, saying: If you shall transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
Revised Standard Version
Remember the word which thou didst command thy servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;
Young's Literal Translation
`Remember, I pray Thee, the word that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant, saying, Ye -- ye trespass -- I scatter you among peoples;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples;

Contextual Overview

5 Lord God of heaven, you are great and fearsome. And you faithfully keep your promises to everyone who loves you and obeys your commands. 6 I am your servant, so please have mercy on me and answer the prayer that I make day and night for these people of Israel who serve you. I, my family, and the rest of your people have sinned 7 by choosing to disobey you and the laws and teachings you gave to your servant Moses. 8 Please remember the promise you made to Moses. You told him that if we were unfaithful, you would scatter us among foreign nations. 9 But you also said that no matter how far away we were, we could turn to you and start obeying your laws. Then you would bring us back to the place where you have chosen to be worshiped. 10 Our Lord , I am praying for your servants—those you rescued by your great strength and mighty power. 11 Please answer my prayer and the prayer of your other servants who gladly honor your name. When I serve the king his wine today, make him pleased with me and have him do what I ask.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Remember: Psalms 119:49, Luke 1:72

If ye transgress: Leviticus 26:33-46, Deuteronomy 4:25-27, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 32:26-28, 1 Kings 9:6, 1 Kings 9:7

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:27 - General 1 Kings 8:33 - turn again 2 Chronicles 6:24 - shall return Nehemiah 9:14 - Moses Esther 3:8 - scattered abroad Job 7:7 - remember Isaiah 14:1 - the Lord Isaiah 24:1 - scattereth Jeremiah 9:16 - scatter Lamentations 5:1 - Remember Ezekiel 5:10 - the whole Ezekiel 14:6 - Repent Ezekiel 20:43 - shall ye Ezekiel 22:15 - scatter Ezekiel 39:28 - and have Hosea 2:15 - I will Hosea 5:15 - till Malachi 3:7 - Return unto me

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
and named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening came and then morning—that was the first day.
Genesis 1:10
God named the dry ground "Land," and he named the water "Ocean." God looked at what he had done and saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
Evening came and then morning—that was the third day.
Genesis 1:19
Evening came and then morning—that was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
Evening came and then morning—that was the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning—that was the sixth day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses,.... To publish and declare to the children of Israel,

Deuteronomy 28:64,

saying, if ye transgress; the law of God:

I will scatter you abroad among the nations; as now they had been among the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, and Persians.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 1:8. Thy servant Moses — See the parallel places in the margin, and the notes there Leviticus 26:33 (note), Deuteronomy 4:25-27 (note), Deuteronomy 28:64 (note). Though in an enemy's country, and far from the ordinances of God, Nehemiah did not forget the law: he read his Bible well, and quotes correctly.


 
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