Nehemiah 9 (WK) - Bible Truth Library

in their rebellion.Instead of {bemiryam,} "in their rebellion," seven MSS., one edition, and the LXX., have {bemitzrayim,} "in Egypt:" "appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt."appointed.

Num. 14:4• ⁴And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return unto Egypt. (Num. 14:4)

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Acts 7:39• ³⁹to whom our fathers would not be subject but thrust [him] away and turned in their hearts into Egypt (Acts 7:39)

a God.

Num. 14:18‑19• ¹⁸Jehovah is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
¹⁹Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. (Num. 14:18‑19)

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Psa. 130:4• ⁴But with thee [is] the forgiveness,{HR}That thou mayest be feared. (Psa. 130:4)

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Mic. 7:18‑19• ¹⁸Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
¹⁹He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. (Mic. 7:18‑19)

ready to pardon.

Heb. of pardons.

gracious.

Ex. 34:6‑7• ⁶And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
⁷keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)

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Psa. 78:38• ³⁸But he mercifully forgave iniquity, and destroyed not,{HR}And often withdrew his anger and did not arouse all his wrath; (Psa. 78:38)

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Psa. 103:8‑18• ⁸Jehovah [is] merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
⁹Not always will he chide, nor retain [anger] forever.
¹⁰He hath not dealt with us according to our sins,{HR}Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For, as height of heavens [is] above the earth,{HR}His lovingkindness is mighty over those that fear them.
¹²As far as east from west,{HR}He hath put far from us our transgressions.
¹³As a father's pity on children (sons),{HR}So hath Jehovah pity on those that fear him.
¹⁴For he knoweth our frame,{HR}Mindful that we [are] dust.
¹⁵Man! his days [are] like grass;{HR}As a flower of the field, so doth he flourish.
¹⁶For a breath passeth over him, and he is not,{HR}And the place thereof shall know him no more.
¹⁷But the mercy of Jehovah [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him;{HR}And his righteousness [is] to sons of sons,
¹⁸To those that keep his covenant,{HR}And to those that remember his precepts to do them, (Psa. 103:8‑18)

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Psa. 145:8‑9• ⁸Gracious and merciful (is) Jehovah,{HR}Slow to anger and of great mercy.
⁹Good (is) Jehovah to the universe (the all),{HR}And his tender mercies [are] over all his works. (Psa. 145:8‑9)

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Isa. 55:7‑9• ⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
⁸For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
⁹For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:7‑9)

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Joel 2:13• ¹³and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:13)

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Rom. 9:15• ¹⁵For to Moses he saith, “I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy and will pity whomsoever I pity.” (Rom. 9:15)

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Eph. 1:6‑7• ⁶unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved;
⁷in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace, (Eph. 1:6‑7)

forsookest.

1 Kings 6:13• ¹³and I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. (1 Kings 6:13)

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1 Kings 8:57• ⁵⁷Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off: (1 Kings 8:57)

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Psa. 106:43‑46• ⁴³Many times he delivereth them,{HR}And they rebel in their counsel{HR}And were brought low by their iniquity.
⁴⁴But he regarded them in the distress{HR}When he heard them cry.
⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant,{HR}And repented according to the multitude of his mercies;
⁴⁶And he gave them compassion{HR}Before all that took them captives. (Psa. 106:43‑46)

J. N. Darby Translation

and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done amongd them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgivee, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindnessf, and thou forsookest them not.

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "with."

Lit. "a God of pardons."

Chesed -- mercy. so ch. 13.22. See 2 Chron. 6.42.

W. Kelly Translation

and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.

WK Verse Note

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