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Read›Nehemiah›Chapter 9

The People Confess Their Sins

Nehemiah 9:38

In 11 translations

BSB
In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”Hebrew does not include the names of.
KJV
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.seal: Heb. are at the sealing, or, sealed
WEB
Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
ASV
And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.
LSV
And for all this we are making a steadfast covenant, || And are writing, || And over him who is sealed || [Are] our heads, our Levites, [and] our priests.”
YLT
And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed [are] our heads, our Levites, our priests.'
DBY
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.
DRC
And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.
GNV
Now because of all this we make a sure couenant, and write it, and our princes, our Leuites and our Priestes seale vnto it.
JPS10:1
And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and subscribe it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, set their seal unto it.
LXXE
And in regard to all these circumstances we make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, set their seal to it.

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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

WLC10:1
וּבְכָל־זֹ֕את אֲנַ֛חְנוּ כֹּרְתִ֥ים אֲמָנָ֖ה וְכֹתְבִ֑ים וְעַל֙ הֶֽחָת֔וּם שָׂרֵ֥ינוּ לְוִיֵּ֖נוּ כֹּהֲנֵֽינוּ׃KJV:Neh.9.38
LXX-Br20:1
Καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ἡμεῖς διατιθέμεθα πίστιν, καὶ γράφομεν, καὶ ἐπισφραγίζουσιν ἄρχοντες ἡμῶν, Αευῖται ἡμῶν, ἱερεῖς ἡμῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Nehemiah 10:1Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
  • 2 Chronicles 34:31So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this…
  • Nehemiah 10:29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD…
  • Ezra 10:3So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to…
  • 2 Kings 23:3So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this…
  • 2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
  • 2 Chronicles 23:16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
  • 2 Chronicles 15:12–13Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 10:1 in some Bibles
  • 9:38 in most Bibles

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