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World English Bible

Nehemiah 1 (WEBP)

[1] The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,
[2] Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
[3] They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
[4] When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
[5] and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
[6] let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
[7] We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
[8] “Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples;
[9] but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’
[10] “Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.
[11] Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

Nehemiah 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Nehemiah 1:5 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Nehemiah 1:11 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Nehemiah 1 (KJVS)

[1] The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
[2] that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
[3] And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
[4] And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
[5] and said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
[6] let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
[7] We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
[8] Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
[9] but if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
[10] Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
[11] O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Nehemiah 1 (BYZ)

[1] Λόγοι () Νεεμια υἱοῦ () Αχαλια. Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () μηνὶ () Χασεηλου ἔτους () εἰκοστοῦ καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἤμην () ἐν () Σουσαν αβιρα,
[2] καὶ () ἦλθεν () Ανανι εἷς () ἀπὸ () ἀδελφῶν () μου, () αὐτὸς () καὶ () ἄνδρες () Ιουδα, καὶ () ἠρώτησα () αὐτοὺς () περὶ () τῶν () σωθέντων, () οἳ () κατελείφθησαν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () αἰχμαλωσίας () καὶ () περὶ () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἴποσαν () πρός () με () Οἱ () καταλειπόμενοι () οἱ () καταλειφθέντες () ἀπὸ () τῆς () αἰχμαλωσίας () ἐκεῖ () ἐν () τῇ () χώρᾳ () ἐν () πονηρίᾳ () μεγάλῃ () καὶ () ἐν () ὀνειδισμῷ, () καὶ () τείχη () Ιερουσαλημ () καθῃρημένα, () καὶ () αἱ () πύλαι () αὐτῆς () ἐνεπρήσθησαν () ἐν () πυρί. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () ἀκοῦσαί () με () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους () ἐκάθισα () καὶ () ἔκλαυσα () καὶ () ἐπένθησα () ἡμέρας () καὶ () ἤμην () νηστεύων () καὶ () προσευχόμενος () ἐνώπιον () θεοῦ () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ ()
[5] καὶ () εἶπα () Μὴ () δή, () κύριε () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () ὁ () ἰσχυρὸς () ὁ () μέγας () καὶ () ὁ () φοβερός, () φυλάσσων () τὴν () διαθήκην () καὶ () τὸ () ἔλεος () τοῖς () ἀγαπῶσιν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () τοῖς () φυλάσσουσιν () τὰς () ἐντολὰς () αὐτοῦ· ()
[6] ἔστω () δὴ () τὸ () οὖς () σου () προσέχον () καὶ () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () σου () ἀνεῳγμένοι () τοῦ () ἀκοῦσαι () προσευχὴν () δούλου () σου, () ἣν () ἐγὼ () προσεύχομαι () ἐνώπιόν () σου () σήμερον () ἡμέραν () καὶ () νύκτα () περὶ () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () δούλων () σου () καὶ () ἐξαγορεύω ἐπὶ () ἁμαρτίαις () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ, () ἃς () ἡμάρτομέν () σοι. () Καὶ () ἐγὼ () καὶ () ὁ () οἶκος () πατρός () μου () ἡμάρτομεν· ()
[7] διαλύσει διελύσαμεν () πρὸς () σὲ () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐφυλάξαμεν () τὰς () ἐντολὰς () καὶ () τὰ () προστάγματα καὶ () τὰ () κρίματα, () ἃ () ἐνετείλω () τῷ () Μωυσῇ () παιδί () σου. ()
[8] Μνήσθητι () δὴ () τὸν () λόγον, () ὃν () ἐνετείλω () τῷ () Μωυσῇ () παιδί () σου () λέγων () Ὑμεῖς () ἐὰν () ἀσυνθετήσητε, ἐγὼ () διασκορπιῶ () ὑμᾶς () ἐν () τοῖς () λαοῖς· ()
[9] καὶ () ἐὰν () ἐπιστρέψητε () πρός () με () καὶ () φυλάξητε () τὰς () ἐντολάς () μου () καὶ () ποιήσητε () αὐτάς, () ἐὰν () ᾖ () ἡ () διασπορὰ () ὑμῶν () ἀπ’ () ἄκρου () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () ἐκεῖθεν () συνάξω () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () εἰσάξω () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον, () ὃν () ἐξελεξάμην () κατασκηνῶσαι () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () ἐκεῖ. ()
[10] Καὶ () αὐτοὶ () παῖδές () σου () καὶ () λαός () σου, () οὓς () ἐλυτρώσω () ἐν () δυνάμει () σου () τῇ () μεγάλῃ () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () χειρί () σου () τῇ () κραταιᾷ. ()
[11] Μὴ () δή, () κύριε, () ἀλλ’ () ἔστω () τὸ () οὖς () σου () προσέχον () εἰς () τὴν () προσευχὴν () τοῦ () δούλου () σου () καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () προσευχὴν () παίδων () σου () τῶν () θελόντων () φοβεῖσθαι () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου, () καὶ () εὐόδωσον () δὴ () τῷ () παιδί () σου () σήμερον () καὶ () δὸς () αὐτὸν () εἰς () οἰκτιρμοὺς () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () ἀνδρὸς () τούτου. ()—καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἤμην () οἰνοχόος τῷ () βασιλεῖ. ()

Nehemiah 1:1 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:1.
Nehemiah 1:2 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:2.
Nehemiah 1:3 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:3.
Nehemiah 1:4 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:4.
Nehemiah 1:5 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:5.
Nehemiah 1:6 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:6.
Nehemiah 1:7 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:7.
Nehemiah 1:8 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:8.
Nehemiah 1:9 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:9.
Nehemiah 1:10 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:10.
Nehemiah 1:11 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:11.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.