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Nehemiah 9:13

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

KJV

Ad montem quoque Sinai descendisti, et locutus es cum eis de cælo, et dedisti eis judicia recta, et legem veritatis, cæremonias, et præcepta bona :

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπὶ ὄρος Σεινὰ κατέβης καὶ ἐλάλησας πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς κρίματα εὐθέα καὶ νόμους ἀληθείας, προστάγματα καὶ ἐντολὰς ἀγαθάς.

LXX

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

ASV

וְ/עַ֤ל הַר סִינַי֙ יָרַ֔דְתָּ וְ/דַבֵּ֥ר עִמָּ/הֶ֖ם מִ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וַ/תִּתֵּ֨ן לָ/הֶ֜ם מִשְׁפָּטִ֤ים יְשָׁרִים֙ וְ/תוֹר֣וֹת אֱמֶ֔ת חֻקִּ֥ים וּ/מִצְוֺ֖ת טוֹבִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
ו
v
noun · 183×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 422×
י
y
noun · 221×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
סִינָֽי
syny
proper_noun · 35×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 1:8 — But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
  • 2Kgs 17:37 — And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
  • Dan 9:10 — Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
  • Deut 4:8 — And 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 4:33 — Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
  • Deut 4:36 — Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
  • Deut 5:4 — The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
  • Deut 5:22 — These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two
  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Exod 19:11 — And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
  • Exod 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that
  • Exod 19:20 — And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
  • Exod 20:1 — And God spake all these words, saying,
  • Exod 20:22 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
  • Exod 20:22 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
  • Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
  • Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
  • Isa 64:1 — Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
  • Isa 64:3 — When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
  • Mark 2:27 — And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
  • Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Ps 19:7 — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
  • Ps 19:8 — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 119:66 — Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:127 — Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
  • Ps 119:137 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
  • Ps 119:160 — Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
  • Rom 3:2 — Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
  • Rom 7:12 — Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
  • Rom 7:12 — Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.