Nehemiah 9 · Verse 2

Nehemiah 9:2

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Nehemiah 9:2, King James Version

Nehemiah 9:2 in other translations

BSBThose of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
WEBThe offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
ASVAnd the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
YLTand 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,
DARBYAnd the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

What does Nehemiah 9:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers--Not only did they read in their recent sufferings a punishment of the national apostasy and guilt, but they had made themselves partakers of their fathers' sins by following the same evil ways.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 The seed of Israel separated themselves - A reformation of this kind was begun by Ezra, Ezr 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' offenses.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 9:1-3

The word will direct and quicken prayer, for by it the Spirit helps our infirmities in prayer. The careful study of God's word will more and more discover to us our own sinfulness, and the plenteousness of his salvation; thus it calls us to mourn for sin, and to rejoice in him. Every discovery of the truth of God, should render us more unwearied in attendance on his sacred word, and on his worship.

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Nehemiah 9:2 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ֙vai.yi.ba.de.Luand they separated themselvesH914
זֶ֣רַעZe.ra'[the] offspring ofH2233
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מִכֹּ֖לmi.Kolfrom allH3605
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Neisons ofH1121
נֵכָ֑רne.KharforeignnessH5236
וַיַּעַמְד֗וּvai.ya.'am.Duand they stoodH5975
וַיִּתְוַדּוּ֙vai.yit.va.Duand they confessedH3034
עַל\־'al-onH5921
חַטֹּ֣אתֵיהֶ֔םcha.To.tei.Hemsins theirH2403
וַעֲוֹנ֖וֹתva.'a.vo.Notand [the] iniquities ofH5771
אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.vo.tei.Hemancestors theirH1

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Cross references for Nehemiah 9:2

  • Nehemiah 13:3

    Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

  • Daniel 9:3-10

    And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. …

  • Ezra 10:11

    Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

  • Nehemiah 13:30

    Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

  • Daniel 9:20

    And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

  • Ezra 9:2

    For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

  • Hosea 5:7

    They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

  • 1 John 1:7-9

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  • Psalms 144:11

    Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

  • Psalms 144:7

    Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

  • Nehemiah 1:6

    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.

  • Isaiah 2:6

    Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the seed.
13:3,30; Ezr 9:2; 10:11
strangers. Heb. strange children.
Ps 144:7,11; Isa 2:6; Ho 5:7
confessed.
1:6; Le 26:39,40; Ezr 9:6,7,15; Ps 106:6,7; Da 9:3-10,20
1Jo 1:7-9

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Context

  • Nehemiah 9:1

    Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

  • Nehemiah 9:2

    And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

  • Nehemiah 9:3

    And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

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Nehemiah 9:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y habíase ya apartado la simiente de Israel de todos los extranjeros; y estando en pie, confesaron sus pecados, y las iniquidades de sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la race d’Israël se sépara de tous les fils de l’étranger; et ils se tinrent là et confessèrent leurs péchés et les iniquités de leurs pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Same Israels sonderte sich ab von allen Kindern der Fremde; und sie traten hin und bekannten ihre Sünden und die Ungerechtigkeiten ihrer Väter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et separatum est semen filiorum Israël ab omni filio alienigena: et steterunt, et confitebantur peccata sua, et iniquitates patrum suorum.