Nehemiah 5 · Verse 19

Nehemiah 5:19

Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Nehemiah 5:19, King James Version

Nehemiah 5:19 in other translations

BSBRemember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
WEBRemember me, my God, for all the good that I have done for this people.
ASVRemember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
YLTRemember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
DARBYRemember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
BBEKeep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.
WebsterThink upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

What does Nehemiah 5:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Think upon me, my God, for good - Nehemiah wishes for no reward from man; and he only asks mercy at the hand of his God for what his providence enabled him to do; and which, according to the good hand of his God upon him, he had done faithfully. He does not offer his good deeds to God in extenuation of his sins, or as a compensation for the heaven he expected. Nothing of the kind: he simply says, what any good man might say, My God, as I have done good to them, so do good to me; or as the poet has sung: - "Teach me to feel another's wo, To hide the fault I see: The mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me!" Pope. This is according to the precept of Christ: "Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven; give, and it shall be given unto you."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 5:14-19

Those who truly fear God, will not dare to do any thing cruel or unjust. Let all who are in public places remember that they are so placed to do good, not to enrich themselves. Nehemiah mentions it to God in prayer, not as if he had merited any favour from God, but to show that he depended upon God only, to make up to him what he had lost and laid out for his honour. Nehemiah evidently spake and acted as one that…

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Nehemiah 5:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זָכְרָה\־za.khe.rah-remember !H2142
לִּ֥יlito me
אֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiO God myH430
לְטוֹבָ֑הle.to.Vahfor goodH2896
כֹּ֥לkolallH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
עָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiI have doneH6213
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַזֶּֽה\׃\ \פha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 5:19

  • Nehemiah 13:31

    And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

  • Psalms 106:4

    Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

  • Nehemiah 13:14

    Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

  • Nehemiah 13:22

    And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

  • Jeremiah 29:11

    For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

  • Psalms 25:6-7

    Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

  • Psalms 40:17

    But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

  • Mark 9:41

    For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

  • Psalms 18:23-25

    I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

  • Matthew 10:42

    And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

  • Matthew 25:34-40

    Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? …

  • Genesis 40:14

    But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Think.
13:14,22,31; Ge 40:14; Ps 25:6,7; 40:17; 106:4; Jer 29:11
according to.
Ps 18:23-25; Mt 10:42; 25:34-40; Mr 9:41

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Context

  • Nehemiah 5:18

    Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

  • Nehemiah 5:19

    Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

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Nehemiah 5:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Acuérdate de mí para bien, Dios mío, y de todo lo que hice á este pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Souviens-toi en bien pour moi, ô mon Dieu, de tout ce que j’ai fait pour ce peuple!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gedenke mir, mein Gott, zum Guten, alles, was ich für dieses Volk getan habe!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Memento mei, Deus meus, in bonum, secundum omnia quæ feci populo huic.