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Wycliffe Bible

Nehemiah 9:2

and in sackis, and `erthe was on hem. And the seed of the sones of Israel was departid fro ech alien sone. And thei stoden bifor the Lord, and knoulechiden her synnes, and the wickidnessis of her fadris.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fasting;   Prayer;   Repentance;   Sin;   Scofield Reference Index - Separation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Separation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fasting;   Prayer, Public;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Canon;   Israel;   Sackcloth;   Synagogue;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Confess, Confession;   Evil;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confession;   Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Synagogue;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Confession;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gentile;   Hellenism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Hebrew Names Version
The seed of Yisra'el separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
King James Version
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
English Standard Version
And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
New Century Version
Those people whose ancestors were from Israel had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood and confessed their sins and their ancestors' sins.
New English Translation
Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
Amplified Bible
The descendants of Israel (Jacob) separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.
New American Standard Bible
The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.
World English Bible
The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(And they that were of the seede of Israel were separated from all the strangers) and they stoode and confessed their sinnes and the iniquities of their fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Berean Standard Bible
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Contemporary English Version
They refused to let foreigners join them, as they met to confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
Complete Jewish Bible
Those descended from Isra'el separated themselves from all foreigners; then they stood up and confessed their own sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
Darby Translation
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those people who were true Israelites separated themselves from foreigners. The Israelites stood and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
George Lamsa Translation
And the descendants of Israel separated themselves from all the Gentiles, and stood and confessed their sins and the sins of their fathers.
Lexham English Bible
Those of the seed of Israel separated themselves from all of the foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
Literal Translation
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of aliens, and they stood and confessed their sins and the sins of their fathers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children, and stode and knowleged their synnes, and the wyckednesses of their fathers,
American Standard Version
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Bible in Basic English
And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they that were of the seede of Israel, were separated from all the straunge children, and stoode & knowledged their sinnes, & the wickednes of their fathers:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
King James Version (1611)
And the seede of Israel separated themselues from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sinnes, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
English Revised Version
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Update Bible Version
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
New King James Version
Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
New Living Translation
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners as they confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors.
New Life Bible
The children of Israel separated themselves from all those of other nations. They stood and told their sins and the sins of their fathers to God.
New Revised Standard
Then those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of the foreigner, - and stood and made confession over their own sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Revised Standard Version
And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Young's Literal Translation
and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Contextual Overview

1 Forsothe in the foure and twentithe dai of this monethe, the sones of Israel camen togidere in fastyng, 2 and in sackis, and `erthe was on hem. And the seed of the sones of Israel was departid fro ech alien sone. And thei stoden bifor the Lord, and knoulechiden her synnes, and the wickidnessis of her fadris. 3 And thei risiden togidere to stonde; and thei redden in the book of the lawe of `her Lord God fouresithis in the dai, and fouresithis in the niyt; thei knoulechiden, and herieden `her Lord God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the seed: Nehemiah 13:3, Nehemiah 13:30, Ezra 9:2, Ezra 10:11

strangers: Heb. strange children, Psalms 144:7, Psalms 144:11, Isaiah 2:6, Hosea 5:7

confessed: Nehemiah 1:6, Leviticus 26:39, Leviticus 26:40, Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:7, Ezra 9:15, Psalms 106:6, Psalms 106:7, Daniel 9:3-10, Daniel 9:20, 1 John 1:7-9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:10 - General 1 Kings 8:14 - all the congregation 2 Kings 17:20 - all the seed Nehemiah 10:28 - all they Psalms 51:3 - For I Isaiah 58:5 - it such Jeremiah 14:20 - We acknowledge Daniel 9:4 - made Joel 1:14 - the elders Joel 2:12 - with fasting 1 John 1:9 - we confess

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blesside hem, and seide, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe, and make ye it suget, and be ye lordis to fischis of the see, and to volatilis of heuene, and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe.
Genesis 2:19
Therfor whanne alle lyuynge beestis of erthe, and alle the volatils of heuene weren formed of erthe, the Lord God brouyte tho to Adam, that he schulde se what he schulde clepe tho; for al thing that Adam clepide of lyuynge soule, thilke is the name therof.
Genesis 9:4
outakun that ye schulen not ete fleisch with blood,
Genesis 9:8
and to his sones with him, Lo!
Genesis 9:20
And Noe, an erthe tiliere, bigan to tile the erthe, and he plauntide a viner,
Genesis 9:22
And whanne Cham, the fadir of Chanaan, hadde seien this thing, that is, that the schameful membris of his fadir weren maad nakid, he telde to hise tweye britheren with out forth.
Genesis 9:23
And sotheli Sem and Jafeth puttiden a mentil on her schuldris, and thei yeden bacward, and hileden the schameful membris of her fadir, and her faces weren turned awei, and thei sien not the priuy membris of her fadir.
Genesis 35:5
And whanne thei yeden, drede assailide alle men by cumpas of the citee, and thei weren not hardi to pursue hem goynge a wei.
Leviticus 26:6
Y schal yyue pees in youre coostis; ye schulen slepe, and noon schal be that schal make you aferd; Y schal do awei yuel beestis fro you, and a swerd schal not passe bi youre termes.
Leviticus 26:22
Y schal sende out in to you cruel beestis of the feeld, that schulen waste you and youre beestis, and schulen brynge alle thingis to fewnesse, and youre weies schulen be forsakun.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,.... Such as were genuine Israelites, of the seed of Abraham, who had married wives of the Gentiles, strangers to the commonwealth of Israel, either before the reformation by Ezra, not being then discovered, or had fallen into this evil since; but now, on the reading of the law, were convinced of it, and so separated themselves from such wives, which was a proof of the truth of their repentance:

and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers: particularly their taking of strange wives, which their fathers had also done, and set them a bad example, which they had followed; of standing and confessing, see Luke 18:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 9:2. The seed of Israel separated themselves — A reformation of this kind was begun by Ezra, Ezra 10:3; but it appears that either more were found out who had taken strange wives, or else those who had separated from them had taken them again.

And stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. — They acknowledged that they had been sinners against God throughout all their generations; that their fathers had sinned and were punished; and that they, with this example before their eyes, had copied their fathers' offences.


 
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