Nehemiah 5:9
Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
KJV
Dixique ad eos : Non est bona res quam facitis : quare non in timore Dei nostri ambulastis, ne exprobretur nobis a gentibus inimicis nostris ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπα Οὐκ ἀγαθὸς λόγος ὃν ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε· οὐχ οὕτως ἐν φόβῳ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἀπελεύσεσθε ἀπὸ ὀνειδισμοῦ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν.
LXX
Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
ASV
ו/יאמר וָ/אוֹמַ֕ר לֹא ט֥וֹב הַ/דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֑ים הֲ/ל֞וֹא בְּ/יִרְאַ֤ת אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ֙ תֵּלֵ֔כוּ מֵ/חֶרְפַּ֖ת הַ/גּוֹיִ֥ם אוֹיְבֵֽי/נוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:12 — Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
- 1Sam 17:26 — And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, th
- 2Chr 13:5 — Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
- 2Sam 12:14 — Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
- Acts 9:31 — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
- Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
- Lev 25:36 — Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
- Neh 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop
- Prov 16:6 — By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
- Prov 18:5 — It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
- Rom 2:24 — For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
- Titus 2:8 — Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.