New King James Version, 1982 - Nehemiah 1 (NKJV Bible)

Holy Bible

Search and read the Bible online

Nehemiah Chapter 1 (NKJV Bible)

Compare with Version:

Introduction

¹ The words of [1†]Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the [2†]twentieth year, as I was in [3†]Shushan the citadel,

² that [4†]Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

³ And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the [5†]province are there in great distress and [6†]reproach. [7†]The wall of Jerusalem [8†]is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

⁴ So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

⁵ And I said: “I pray, [9†]LORD God of heaven, O great and [10†]awesome God, [11†]You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,

⁶ please let Your ear be attentive and [12†]Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and [13†]confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.

⁷ [14†]We have acted very corruptly against You, and have [15†]not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

⁸ Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, [16†]‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;

⁹ [17†]but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, [18†]though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.’

¹⁰ [19†]Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.

¹¹ O Lord, I pray, please [20†]let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who [21†]desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s [22†]cupbearer.

#	NKJV Bible
1	The words of [1†]Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the [2†]twentieth year, as I was in [3†]Shushan the citadel,
2	that [4†]Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3	And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the [5†]province are there in great distress and [6†]reproach. [7†]The wall of Jerusalem [8†]is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
4	So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
5	And I said: “I pray, [9†]LORD God of heaven, O great and [10†]awesome God, [11†]You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,
6	please let Your ear be attentive and [12†]Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and [13†]confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.
7	[14†]We have acted very corruptly against You, and have [15†]not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.
8	Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, [16†]‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;
9	[17†]but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, [18†]though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.’
10	[19†]Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.
11	O Lord, I pray, please [20†]let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who [21†]desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s [22†]cupbearer.