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Nehemiah 1:8

"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.

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,
Contemporary English Version
Please remember the promise you made to Moses. You told him that if we were unfaithful, you would scatter us among foreign 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;
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 Then I prayed this prayer: " Lord , God of heaven, you are the great and powerful God. You are the God who keeps his agreement of love with people who love you and obey your commands. 6 "Please open your eyes and ears and listen to the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night. I am praying for your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we Israelites have done against you. I am confessing that I have sinned against you and that the other people in my father's family have sinned against you. 7 We Israelites have been very bad to you. We have not obeyed the commands, rules, and laws you gave your servant Moses. 8 "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. 9 But if you Israelites come back to me and obey my commands, this is what I will do: Even if your people have been forced to leave their homes and go to the ends of the earth, I will gather them from there. And I will bring them back to the place I have chosen to put my name.' 10 "The Israelites are your servants and your people. You used your great power and rescued them. 11 So, Lord, please listen to my prayer. And listen to the prayers of all your other servants who are happy to honor you. Help me today as I ask the king for help. Make him pleased with me so that he will be kind and give me what I ask for." At that time, I was the king's wine servant.

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
God named the light "day," and he named the darkness "night." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the first day.
Genesis 1:10
God named the dry land "earth," and he named the water that was gathered together "seas." And God saw that this was good.
Genesis 1:13
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the third day.
Genesis 1:19
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made. And he saw that everything was very good. There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the sixth day.
Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female. And on the same day he made them, he blessed them and called them "humans."

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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