Nehemiah 9 · Verse 25

Nehemiah 9:25

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Nehemiah 9:25, King James Version

Nehemiah 9:25 in other translations

BSBThey captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
WEBThey took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
ASVAnd they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
YLTAnd they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.
DARBYAnd they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
BBEAnd they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.
WebsterAnd they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards and olive-yards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

What does Nehemiah 9:25 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Became fat, and delighted themselves - They became effeminate, fell under the power of luxury, got totally corrupted in their manners, sinned against all the mercies of God, and then were destroyed by his judgments. We have an old nervous saying, "War begets poverty, poverty begets peace, peace begets affluence, affluence begets luxury and corruption of manners; and hence civil broils, foreign wars, and desolations." A sensible Roman historian has said the same: "Imperium facile iis artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est: verum ubi pro Labore, Desidia; pro continentia et aequitate, Libido atque Superbia invasere: fortuna simul cum moribus Immutatur."

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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 9:25 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.

וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּvai.yil.ke.Duand they capturedH3920
עָרִ֣ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
בְּצֻרוֹת֮be.tzu.rOtfortifiedH1219
וַאֲדָמָ֣הva.'a.da.Mahand groundH127
שְׁמֵנָה֒she.me.NahfertileH8082
וַיִּֽירְשׁ֡וּvai.yi.re.Shuand they took possession ofH3423
בָּתִּ֣יםba.TimhousesH1004
מְלֵֽאִים\־me.le.'im-fullH4392
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
ט֠וּבtuvgood thingH2898
בֹּר֨וֹתbo.RotwellsH953
חֲצוּבִ֜יםcha.tzu.Vimdug outH2672
כְּרָמִ֧יםke.ra.MimvineyardsH3754
וְזֵיתִ֛יםve.zei.Timand olive treesH2132
וְעֵ֥ץve.'Etzand tree[s] ofH6086
מַאֲכָ֖לma.'a.KhalfoodH3978
לָרֹ֑בla.Roto abundanceH7230
וַיֹּאכְל֤וּvai.yo.khe.Luand they ateH398
וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙vai.yis.be.'Uand they were satisfiedH7646
וַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּvai.yash.Mi.nuand they grew fatH8080
וַיִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּvai.yit.'a.de.Nuand they luxuriatedH5727
בְּטוּבְךָ֥be.tu.ve.Khain goodness yourH2898
הַגָּדֽוֹל\׃ha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419

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Cross references for Nehemiah 9:25

  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  • Deuteronomy 3:5

    All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

  • Nehemiah 9:35

    For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

  • 1 Kings 8:66

    On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

  • Deuteronomy 32:13

    He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

  • Hosea 3:5

    Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

  • Ezekiel 20:6

    In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

  • Deuteronomy 6:10-12

    And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Psalms 65:11

    Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

  • Deuteronomy 8:7-10

    For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

  • Deuteronomy 9:1-3

    Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee.

  • Jeremiah 5:27-28

    As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
strong.
Nu 13:27,28; De 3:5; 6:10-12; 9:1-3
a fat land.
35; De 8:7-10; 32:13; Eze 20:6
wells. or, cisterns. fruit trees. Heb. trees of food. dideat.
De 32:15; Ps 65:11; Isa 6:10; Jer 5:27,28; Ho 13:6
and became fat.They became effeminate, fell under the power of luxury, got totally corrupted in their manners, sinned against all the mercies of God, and then were destroyed by His judgments.
delighted.
1Ki 8:66; Jer 31:14; Ho 3:5; Ro 2:4

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Context

  • Nehemiah 9:24

    So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

  • Nehemiah 9:25

    And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

  • Nehemiah 9:26

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

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Nehemiah 9:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomaron ciudades fortalecidas, y tierra pingüe, y heredaron casas llenas de todo bien, cisternas hechas, viñas y olivares, y muchos árboles de comer; y comieron, y hartáronse, y engrosáronse, y deleitáronse en tu grande bondad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils prirent des villes fortifiées, et un pays gras, et ils possédèrent des maisons pleines de tout bien, des puits creusés, des vignes et des oliviers, et des arbres fruitiers en abondance; et ils mangèrent, et furent rassasiés, et s’engraissèrent; et ils vécurent dans les délices par ta grande bonté.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie nahmen feste Städte ein und ein fettes Land, und nahmen Häuser in Besitz, die mit allerlei Gut gefüllt waren, ausgehauene Brunnen, Weinberge und Olivengärten und Obstbäume in Menge. Und sie aßen und wurden satt und fett und ließen sichs wohl sein durch deine große Güte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ceperunt itaque urbes munitas et humum pinguem, et possederunt domos plenas cunctis bonis: cisternas ab aliis fabricatas, vineas, et oliveta, et ligna pomifera multa: et comederunt, et saturati sunt, et impinguati sunt, et abundaverunt deliciis in bonitate tua magna.