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Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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New Living Translation
Nehemiah 4:5
Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked you to anger here in front of the builders."
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Christian Standard Bible®
Do not cover their guilt or let their sin be erased from your sight, because they have angered the builders.
Do not cover their guilt or let their sin be erased from your sight, because they have angered the builders.
Hebrew Names Version
and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.
and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.
King James Version
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
English Standard Version
Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.
Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.
New Century Version
Do not hide their guilt or take away their sins so that you can't see them, because they have insulted the builders."
Do not hide their guilt or take away their sins so that you can't see them, because they have insulted the builders."
New English Translation
Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
Amplified Bible
Do not forgive their wrongdoing and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have offended the builders [and provoked You].
Do not forgive their wrongdoing and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have offended the builders [and provoked You].
New American Standard Bible
Do not forgive their guilt and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.
Do not forgive their guilt and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.
World English Bible
and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.
and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.
And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have vexed the builders.
Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have vexed the builders.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
Contemporary English Version
Don't forgive the mean and evil way they have insulted the builders."
Don't forgive the mean and evil way they have insulted the builders."
Complete Jewish Bible
Our enemies were saying, "They won't know or see anything, until we have already infiltrated them and begun killing them and stopping the work."
Our enemies were saying, "They won't know or see anything, until we have already infiltrated them and begun killing them and stopping the work."
Darby Translation
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't take away their guilt or forgive the sins they have done in your sight. They have insulted and discouraged the builders."
Don't take away their guilt or forgive the sins they have done in your sight. They have insulted and discouraged the builders."
George Lamsa Translation
And forgive not their offenses, and let not their sins be blotted out from before thee; for they are enraged, and have opposed the building which we are doing.
And forgive not their offenses, and let not their sins be blotted out from before thee; for they are enraged, and have opposed the building which we are doing.
Good News Translation
Don't forgive the evil they do and don't forget their sins, for they have insulted us who are building."
Don't forgive the evil they do and don't forget their sins, for they have insulted us who are building."
Lexham English Bible
Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you. They have provoked the builders to anger.
Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you. They have provoked the builders to anger.
Literal Translation
And do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You. For they have provoked You to anger before the builders.
And do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You. For they have provoked You to anger before the builders.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Couer not their wickednesse, & put not out their sinne fro yi presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.
Couer not their wickednesse, & put not out their sinne fro yi presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.
American Standard Version
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Bible in Basic English
Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Couer not their wickednesse, and let not their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.
Couer not their wickednesse, and let not their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.'
And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.'
King James Version (1611)
And couer not their iniquitie, and let not their sinne bee blotted out from before thee: for they haue prouoked thee to anger before the builders.
And couer not their iniquitie, and let not their sinne bee blotted out from before thee: for they haue prouoked thee to anger before the builders.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and do not cover their iniquity.
and do not cover their iniquity.
English Revised Version
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
hile thou not the wickidnesse of hem, and her synnes be not doon awei bifor thi face; for thei scorneden bilderis.
hile thou not the wickidnesse of hem, and her synnes be not doon awei bifor thi face; for thei scorneden bilderis.
Update Bible Version
and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.
and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.
Webster's Bible Translation
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
New King James Version
Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.
Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.
New Life Bible
Do not forgive their sin. Do not let their sin be covered from Your eyes. For they have made much fun of the builders.
Do not forgive their sin. Do not let their sin be covered from Your eyes. For they have made much fun of the builders.
New Revised Standard
Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from your sight; for they have hurled insults in the face of the builders.
Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from your sight; for they have hurled insults in the face of the builders.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and do not cover their iniquity, and, their sin before thee, let it not be blotted out, - for they have caused vexation before them who are building.
and do not cover their iniquity, and, their sin before thee, let it not be blotted out, - for they have caused vexation before them who are building.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
Revised Standard Version
Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Young's Literal Translation
and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger -- over-against those building.
and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger -- over-against those building.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.
Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.
Contextual Overview
1 Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews, 2 saying in front of his friends and the Samarian army officers, "What does this bunch of poor, feeble Jews think they're doing? Do they think they can build the wall in a single day by just offering a few sacrifices? Do they actually think they can make something of stones from a rubbish heap—and charred ones at that?" 3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was standing beside him, remarked, "That stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along the top of it!" 4 Then I prayed, "Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land! 5 Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked you to anger here in front of the builders." 6 At last the wall was completed to half its height around the entire city, for the people had worked with enthusiasm.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
cover not: Psalms 59:5-13, Psalms 69:27, Psalms 109:14, Jeremiah 18:23, 2 Timothy 4:14
their sin: Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:9, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22
before the builders: Isaiah 36:11, Isaiah 36:12
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:14 - think thou Job 16:18 - cover not Psalms 32:1 - covered Jeremiah 18:19 - hearken Lamentations 1:22 - all their Colossians 2:14 - Blotting
Cross-References
Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother's blood.
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother's blood.
Genesis 31:2
And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban's attitude toward him.
And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban's attitude toward him.
Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father's attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father's attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
Numbers 16:15
Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord , "Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them."
Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord , "Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them."
Job 5:2
Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.
Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.
Psalms 20:3
May he remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Interlude
May he remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Interlude
Matthew 20:15
Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?'
Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?'
Acts 13:45
But when some of the Jews saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.
But when some of the Jews saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.
Hebrews 11:4
It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. Abel's offering gave evidence that he was a righteous man, and God showed his approval of his gifts. Although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us by his example of faith.
It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. Abel's offering gave evidence that he was a righteous man, and God showed his approval of his gifts. Although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us by his example of faith.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee,.... Let it not go unpunished, and even let it not be pardoned; which is spoken, not from a private spirit of revenge, but from a public spirit for the glory of God, and his justice; and not as a mere imprecation, but as a prophecy of what would be the case, in like manner as many of David's petitions in the Psalms; and for this there was a good foundation, since God had threatened the Moabites and Ammonites with utter destruction:
for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders; by despising his people, and mocking at the work the Lord had called them to; and this they did publicly, and on purpose to discourage the workmen.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Nehemiah 4:5. Let not their sin be blotted out — These are the most terrible imprecations; but probably we should understand them as declaratory, for the same form of the verb, in the Hebrew, is used as precative and imperative. Turn their reproach - Their reproach shall be turned. Give them for a prey - They shall be given for a prey. Cover not their iniquity - Their iniquity shall not be covered. Let not their sin be blotted out - Their sin shall not be blotted out. All who know the genius of the Hebrew language, know that the future tense is used to express all these senses. Besides, we may rest assured that Nehemiah's curses, or declaration of God's judgments, had respect only to their bodies, and to their life: not to their souls and the world to come. And then they amount to no more than this: What a man soweth that he shall reap.
