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The People Confess Their Sins

Nehemiah 9:33

In 11 translations

BSB
You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
KJV
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
WEB
However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.
ASV
Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
LSV
And You [are] righteous concerning all that has come on us, || For You have done truth, || And we have done wickedly;
YLT
and Thou [art] righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly;
DBY
But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.
DRC
And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.
GNV
Surely thou art iust in all that is come vpon vs: for thou hast dealt truely, but we haue done wickedly.
JPS
Howbeit Thou art just in all that is come upon us; for Thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
LXXE
But thou art righteous in all the things that come upon us; for thou hast wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַתָּ֣ה צַדִּ֔יק עַ֖ל כָּל־הַבָּ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־אֱמֶ֥ת עָשִׂ֖יתָ וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃
LXX-Br19:33
Καὶ σὺ δίκαιος ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐρχομένοις ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, ὅτι ἀλήθειαν ἐποίησας· καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐξημάρτομεν,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Daniel 9:5–14we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings,…
  • Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
  • Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
  • Job 34:23For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
  • Lamentations 1:18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
  • Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
  • Psalms 145:17The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
  • Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
  • Psalms 119:137Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
  • Leviticus 26:40–41But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— and I acted with hostility toward them and…

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