Nehemiah 9 · Verse 20

Nehemiah 9:20

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Nehemiah 9:20, King James Version

Nehemiah 9:20 in other translations

BSBYou gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
WEBYou gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
ASVThou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
YLT‘And Thy good Spirit Thou hast given, to cause them to act wisely; and Thy manna Thou hast not withheld from their mouth, and water Thou hast given to them for their thirst,
DARBYThou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
BBEAnd you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.
WebsterThou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

What does Nehemiah 9:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:6-38

6-38. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone, &c.--In this solemn and impressive prayer, in which they make public confession of their sins, and deprecate the judgments due to the transgressions of their fathers, they begin with a profound adoration of God, whose supreme majesty and omnipotence is acknowledged in the creation, preservation, and government of all. Then they proceed to enumerate His mercies and distinguished…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 9:4-38

The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their…

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Nehemiah 9:20 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.

וְרוּחֲךָ֨ve.ru.cha.Khaand spirit yourH7307
הַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.Vah<the> goodH2896
נָתַ֖תָּna.Ta.tayou gaveH5414
לְהַשְׂכִּילָ֑םle.has.ki.Lamto instruct themH7919
וּמַנְךָ֙u.man.Khaand manna yourH4478
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
מָנַ֣עְתָּma.Na'.tayou withheldH4513
מִפִּיהֶ֔םmi.pi.Hemfrom mouth theirH6310
וּמַ֛יִםu.Ma.yimand waterH4325
נָתַ֥תָּהna.Ta.tahyou gaveH5414
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto them
לִצְמָאָֽם\׃litz.ma.'Amfor thirst theirH6772

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 9:20

  • Psalms 143:10

    Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

  • Numbers 11:17

    And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

  • Isaiah 63:11-14

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

  • John 4:10

    Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

  • 2 Peter 1:21

    For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

  • Isaiah 41:17-18

    When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

  • Isaiah 48:21

    And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

  • Exodus 17:6

    Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

  • Psalms 105:41

    He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

  • Exodus 16:15

    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

  • John 4:14

    But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  • Joshua 5:12

    And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
gavest.
30; Nu 11:17,25-29; Isa 63:11-14
good.
Ps 143:10; Ro 15:30; Ga 5:22,23; Eph 5:9; 2Pe 1:21
withheldest.
Ex 16:15,35; Jos 5:12
gavest.
Ex 17:6; Ps 105:41; Isa 41:17,18; 48:21; 49:10; Joh 4:10,14
Joh 7:37-39

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Context

  • Nehemiah 9:19

    Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

  • Nehemiah 9:20

    Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

  • Nehemiah 9:21

    Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

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Nehemiah 9:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y diste tu espíritu bueno para enseñarlos, y no retiraste tu maná de su boca, y agua les diste en su sed.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu leur donnas ton bon Esprit pour les rendre intelligents, et tu ne refusas pas ta manne à leur bouche, et tu leur donnas de l’eau pour leur soif.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du gabst ihnen deinen guten Geist, um sie zu unterweisen; und dein Manna versagtest du nicht ihrem Munde, und du gabst ihnen Wasser für ihren Durst.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et spiritum tuum bonum dedisti, qui doceret eos: et manna tuum non prohibuisti ab ore eorum, et aquam dedisti eis in siti.