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Nehemiah 9

Neh. 9:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou camest down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
also upon mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Sinai
Ciynay (Hebrew #5514)
Sinai, mountain of Arabia
KJV usage: Sinai.
Pronounce: see-nah'-ee
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, and spakest
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
with them from heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and gavest
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
themd right
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
judgments
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
, and ηtrue
'emeth (Hebrew #571)
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
KJV usage: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
Pronounce: eh'-meth
Origin: contracted from 539
laws
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
, good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
statutes
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
and commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
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Ex. 20•  (Ex. 20)
,etc.
η
laws of truth.

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Heaven,
Mountain Mount,
Sina; Sinai

Cross References

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camest.
Ex. 19:11,16‑20• 11and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.
 16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.
 17And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
 18And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly.
 19And the sound of the trumpet increased and became exceeding loud; Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
 20And Jehovah came down on mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain; and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. (Ex. 19:11,16‑20)
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Deut. 33:2• 2And he said, (Deut. 33:2)
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Isa. 64:1,3• 1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down—that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
 3When thou didst terrible things we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. (Isa. 64:1,3)
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Hab. 3:3• 3God came from Teman, (Hab. 3:3)
spakest.
Ex. 20:1,22• 1And God spoke all these words, saying,
 22And Jehovah said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: Ye have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens. (Ex. 20:1,22)
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Deut. 4:10‑13,33• 10Specially the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said to me, Gather me the people together, that I may cause them to hear my words, that they may learn them, and fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and teach them to their children.
 11Ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire in the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
 12And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
 13And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
 33Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? (Deut. 4:10‑13,33)
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Deut. 5:4,22‑26• 4Jehovah talked with you face to face in the Mount out of the midst of the fire.
 22These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
 23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
 24and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives.
 25And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die.
 26For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we, and has lived? (Deut. 5:4,22‑26)
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Heb. 12:18‑26• 18For ye have not approached to a palpable thing and all aglow with fire, and to obscurity and gloom and tempest,
 19and to trumpet's sound, and a voice of words, which those that heard deprecated that a word more should be addressed to them;
 20for they could not bear what was enjoined, And if a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
 21and, so fearful was the appearance, Moses said, I am affrighted and trembling all over.
 22But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage;
 23and to an assembly of firstborns, enrolled in heavens; and to God judge of all; and to spirits of just ones made perfect;
 24and to Jesus mediator of a new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling speaking better than Abel.
 25Look that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if those did not escape, refusing as they did him speaking oracularly on earth, much more we that turn away from him from [the] heavens;
 26whose voice then shook the earth, but now hath he promised, saying, Yet once will I shake not only the earth but also the heaven. (Heb. 12:18‑26)
gavest.
Deut. 4:8• 8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day. (Deut. 4:8)
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Deut. 10:12‑13• 12And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
 13to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy good? (Deut. 10:12‑13)
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Psa. 19:7‑11• 7The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple.
 8The precepts of Jehovah [are] right, rejoicing the heart;{HR}The commandment of Jehovah [is] clear, enlightening the eyes.
 9The fear of Jehovah [is] pure, enduring forever;{HR}The judgments of Jehovah [are] truth, they [are] righteous altogether,
 10To be desired more than gold, and more than much pure gold;{HR}And sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb.
 11Also thy servant is admonished by them,{HR}In keeping them [is] great reward. (Psa. 19:7‑11)
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Psa. 119:127‑128• 127Therefore I love thy commandments{HR}Above gold and above fine gold.
 128Therefore all precepts [as to] all I count right;{HR}Every path of falsehood I hate. (Psa. 119:127‑128)
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Ezek. 20:11‑13• 11And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
 12Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctify them.
 13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. (Ezek. 20:11‑13)
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Rom. 7:12‑14,16• 12So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
 13Did then the good become death to me? Let it not be; but sin, that it might appear sin, working out death to me by the good, that sin might become excessively sinful by the commandment.
 14For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.
 16But if what I will not, this I practice, I consent to the law that [it is] right. (Rom. 7:12‑14,16)
true laws.
Heb. laws of truth.
Psa. 119:160• 160The sum (head) of thy word [is] truth;{HR}And every judgment of thy righteousness [is] forever. (Psa. 119:160)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgmentsa and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "ordinances."

W. Kelly Translation

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And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)