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Christian Standard Bible ®

Nehemiah 1:7

We have acted corruptly toward you and have not kept the commands, statutes, and ordinances you gave your servant Moses.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Country;   Intercession;   Law;   Nation;   Patriotism;   Prayer;   Repentance;   Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nehemiah;   The Topic Concordance - Choosing/chosen;   Disobedience;   Israel/jews;   Jerusalem;   Name;   Obedience;   Servants;   Turning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Confession of Sin;   Prayer;   Prayer, Intercessory;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the mitzvot, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moshe.
King James Version
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
English Standard Version
We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.
New Century Version
We have been wicked toward you and have not obeyed the commands, rules, and laws you gave your servant Moses.
New English Translation
We have behaved corruptly against you, not obeying the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments that you commanded your servant Moses.
Amplified Bible
"We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.
New American Standard Bible
"We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.
World English Bible
we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
We haue grieuously sinned against thee, and haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou commandedst thy seruant Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
We have worked in utter destruction against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments which You commanded Your servant Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
Contemporary English Version
by choosing to disobey you and the laws and teachings you gave to your servant Moses.
Complete Jewish Bible
We have deeply offended you. We haven't observed the mitzvot, laws or rulings you ordered your servant Moshe.
Darby Translation
We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Easy-to-Read Version
We Israelites have been very bad to you. We have not obeyed the commands, rules, and laws you gave your servant Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
And we have not kept all the commandments nor the statutes nor the ordinances which thou didst command thy servant Moses.
Good News Translation
We have acted wickedly against you and have not done what you commanded. We have not kept the laws which you gave us through Moses, your servant.
Lexham English Bible
We have certainly offended you and have not kept the commands, regulations, and judgments that you have commanded your servant Moses.
Literal Translation
Corrupting we have acted corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which You commanded Your servant Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
We haue bene corrupte vnto the, in yt we haue not kepte the comaundementes, statutes & lawes, which thou comaundedst yi seruaunt Moses.
American Standard Version
we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Bible in Basic English
We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
We haue greeuously sinned against thee, and haue not kept thy commaundementes, statutes, and iudgementes, whiche thou commaundedst thy seruaunt Moyses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
We have dealt very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which Thou didst command Thy servant Moses.
King James Version (1611)
We haue dealt very corruptly against thee, and haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou commandedst thy seruant Moses.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
We have altogether broken covenant with thee, and we have not kept the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which thou didst command thy servant Moses.
English Revised Version
we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and we `kepten not `thi comaundement, and cerymonyes, and domes, which thou comaundidist to Moises, thi seruaunt.
Update Bible Version
we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your slave Moses.
Webster's Bible Translation
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
New King James Version
We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.
New Living Translation
We have sinned terribly by not obeying the commands, decrees, and regulations that you gave us through your servant Moses.
New Life Bible
We have sinned in our actions against You. We have not kept the Laws which You gave to Your servant Moses.
New Revised Standard
We have offended you deeply, failing to keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances that you commanded your servant Moses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
We have dealt, very corruptly, against thee, - and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes nor the regulations, which thou didst command Moses thy servant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
We have been seduced by vanity, and have not kept thy commandments, and ceremonies and judgments, which thou hast commanded thy servant Moses.
Revised Standard Version
We have acted very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which thou didst command thy servant Moses.
Young's Literal Translation
we have acted very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commands, and the statutes, and the judgments, that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant.
THE MESSAGE
"We've treated you like dirt: We haven't done what you told us, haven't followed your commands, and haven't respected the decisions you gave to Moses your servant. All the same, remember the warning you posted to your servant Moses: ‘If you betray me, I'll scatter you to the four winds, but if you come back to me and do what I tell you, I'll gather up all these scattered peoples from wherever they ended up and put them back in the place I chose to mark with my Name.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

Contextual Overview

5I said, 6let your eyes be open and your ears be attentive to hear your servant’s prayer that I now pray to you day and night for your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against you. Both I and my father’s family have sinned. 7We have acted corruptly toward you and have not kept the commands, statutes, and ordinances you gave your servant Moses. 8Please remember what you commanded your servant Moses: “If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples. 9But if you return to me and carefully observe my commands, even though your exiles were banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place where I chose to have my name dwell.” 10They are your servants and your people. You redeemed them by your great power and strong hand. 11Please, Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to that of your servants who delight to revere your name. Give your servant success today, and grant him compassion in the presence of this man.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

dealt: Nehemiah 9:29-35, Psalms 106:6, Daniel 9:5, Daniel 9:6

corruptly: 2 Chronicles 27:2, Hosea 9:9, Zephaniah 3:7, Revelation 19:2

the commandments: Leviticus 27:34, Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 6:1, Deuteronomy 28:15, 1 Kings 2:3, Psalms 19:8, Psalms 19:9, Psalms 119:5-8

which thou: Deuteronomy 4:5, 2 Chronicles 25:4, Ezra 7:6, Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:13, Malachi 4:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:21 - confess over Amos 2:4 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:15
They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:24
Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
Genesis 1:29
God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you,
Job 26:8
He wraps up the water in his clouds,yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.
Psalms 104:10
He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;they flow between the mountains.
Psalms 148:4
Praise him, highest heavens,and you waters above the heavens.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

We have dealt very corruptly against thee,.... Corrupted his covenant, laws, and precepts, as well as themselves, ways, and works; all which were against the Lord, contrary to his nature, mind, and will:

and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses; the laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 1:7. Have not kept thy commandments — The moral precepts by which our lives should be regulated.

Statutes — What refers to the rites and ceremonies of thy religion.

Judgments — The precepts of justice relative to our conduct to each other.


 
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