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New Living Translation

Nehemiah 1:8

"Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the 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;
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 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 said, "O Lord , God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of unfailing love with those who love him and obey his commands, 6 listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel. I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned! 7 We have sinned terribly by not obeying the commands, decrees, and regulations that you gave us through your servant Moses. 8 "Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the nations. 9 But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.' 10 "The people you rescued by your great power and strong hand are your servants. 11 O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me." In those days I was the king's cup-bearer.

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 called the light "day" and the darkness "night." And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
Genesis 1:19
And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them "human."

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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