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Good News Translation

Nehemiah 1:7

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.

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

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

5 " Lord God of Heaven! You are great, and we stand in fear of you. You faithfully keep your covenant with those who love you and do what you command. 6 Look at me, Lord , and hear my prayer, as I pray day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess that we, the people of Israel, have sinned. My ancestors and I have sinned. 7 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. 8 Remember now what you told Moses: ‘If you people of Israel are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the other nations. 9 But then if you turn back to me and do what I have commanded you, I will bring you back to the place where I have chosen to be worshiped, even though you are scattered to the ends of the earth.' 10 "Lord, these are your servants, your own people. You rescued them by your great power and strength. 11 Listen now to my prayer and to the prayers of all your other servants who want to honor you. Give me success today and make the emperor merciful to me." In those days I was the emperor's wine steward.

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
He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:11
Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:15
they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:24
Then God commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:28
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 1:29
I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat;
Job 26:8
It is God who fills the clouds with water and keeps them from bursting with the weight.
Psalms 104:10
You make springs flow in the valleys, and rivers run between the hills.
Psalms 148:4
Praise him, highest heavens, and the waters above the sky.

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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