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Contemporary English Version

Nehemiah 9:2

They refused to let foreigners join them, as they met to confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fasting;   Prayer;   Repentance;   Sin;   Scofield Reference Index - Separation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Separation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fasting;   Prayer, Public;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Canon;   Israel;   Sackcloth;   Synagogue;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Confess, Confession;   Evil;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confession;   Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Synagogue;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Confession;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gentile;   Hellenism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Hebrew Names Version
The seed of Yisra'el separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
King James Version
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
English Standard Version
And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
New Century Version
Those people whose ancestors were from Israel had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood and confessed their sins and their ancestors' sins.
New English Translation
Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
Amplified Bible
The descendants of Israel (Jacob) separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.
New American Standard Bible
The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.
World English Bible
The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(And they that were of the seede of Israel were separated from all the strangers) and they stoode and confessed their sinnes and the iniquities of their fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Berean Standard Bible
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Complete Jewish Bible
Those descended from Isra'el separated themselves from all foreigners; then they stood up and confessed their own sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
Darby Translation
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those people who were true Israelites separated themselves from foreigners. The Israelites stood and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
George Lamsa Translation
And the descendants of Israel separated themselves from all the Gentiles, and stood and confessed their sins and the sins of their fathers.
Lexham English Bible
Those of the seed of Israel separated themselves from all of the foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
Literal Translation
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of aliens, and they stood and confessed their sins and the sins of their fathers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children, and stode and knowleged their synnes, and the wyckednesses of their fathers,
American Standard Version
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Bible in Basic English
And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they that were of the seede of Israel, were separated from all the straunge children, and stoode & knowledged their sinnes, & the wickednes of their fathers:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
King James Version (1611)
And the seede of Israel separated themselues from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sinnes, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
English Revised Version
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and in sackis, and `erthe was on hem. And the seed of the sones of Israel was departid fro ech alien sone. And thei stoden bifor the Lord, and knoulechiden her synnes, and the wickidnessis of her fadris.
Update Bible Version
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
New King James Version
Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
New Living Translation
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners as they confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors.
New Life Bible
The children of Israel separated themselves from all those of other nations. They stood and told their sins and the sins of their fathers to God.
New Revised Standard
Then those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of the foreigner, - and stood and made confession over their own sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Revised Standard Version
And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Young's Literal Translation
and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Contextual Overview

1 On the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month, the people of Israel went without eating, and they dressed in sackcloth and threw dirt on their heads to show their sorrow. 2 They refused to let foreigners join them, as they met to confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors. 3 For three hours they stood and listened to the Law of the Lord their God, and then for the next three hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the seed: Nehemiah 13:3, Nehemiah 13:30, Ezra 9:2, Ezra 10:11

strangers: Heb. strange children, Psalms 144:7, Psalms 144:11, Isaiah 2:6, Hosea 5:7

confessed: Nehemiah 1:6, Leviticus 26:39, Leviticus 26:40, Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:7, Ezra 9:15, Psalms 106:6, Psalms 106:7, Daniel 9:3-10, Daniel 9:20, 1 John 1:7-9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:10 - General 1 Kings 8:14 - all the congregation 2 Kings 17:20 - all the seed Nehemiah 10:28 - all they Psalms 51:3 - For I Isaiah 58:5 - it such Jeremiah 14:20 - We acknowledge Daniel 9:4 - made Joel 1:14 - the elders Joel 2:12 - with fasting 1 John 1:9 - we confess

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
Genesis 2:19
So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.
Genesis 9:4
But life is in the blood, and you must not eat any meat that still has blood in it.
Genesis 9:8
Again, God said to Noah and his sons:
Genesis 9:20
Noah farmed the land and was the first to plant a vineyard.
Genesis 9:22
Ham entered the tent and saw him naked, then went back outside and told his brothers.
Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
Genesis 35:5
While Jacob and his family were traveling through Canaan, God terrified the people in the towns so much that no one dared bother them.
Leviticus 26:6
I will bless your country with peace, and you will rest without fear. I will wipe out the dangerous animals and protect you from enemy attacks.
Leviticus 26:22
I'll send wild animals to attack you, and they will gobble down your children and livestock. So few of you will be left that your roads will be deserted.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,.... Such as were genuine Israelites, of the seed of Abraham, who had married wives of the Gentiles, strangers to the commonwealth of Israel, either before the reformation by Ezra, not being then discovered, or had fallen into this evil since; but now, on the reading of the law, were convinced of it, and so separated themselves from such wives, which was a proof of the truth of their repentance:

and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers: particularly their taking of strange wives, which their fathers had also done, and set them a bad example, which they had followed; of standing and confessing, see Luke 18:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 9:2. The seed of Israel separated themselves — A reformation of this kind was begun by Ezra, Ezra 10:3; but it appears that either more were found out who had taken strange wives, or else those who had separated from them had taken them again.

And stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. — They acknowledged that they had been sinners against God throughout all their generations; that their fathers had sinned and were punished; and that they, with this example before their eyes, had copied their fathers' offences.


 
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