Nehemiah 9 · Verse 5

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Nehemiah 9:5, King James Version

Nehemiah 9:5 in other translations

BSBThen the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
WEBThen the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
ASVThen the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
YLTAnd the Levites say, even Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, ‘Rise, bless Jehovah your God, from the age unto the age, and they bless the name of Thine honour that is exalted above all blessing and praise.
DARBYAnd the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, said, Stand up, bless Jehovah your God from eternity to eternity. And let men bless the name of thy glory, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
BBEThen the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.
WebsterThen the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

What does Nehemiah 9:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Then the Levites ... said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God--If this prayer was uttered by all these Levites in common, it must have been prepared and adopted beforehand, perhaps, by Ezra; but it may only embody the substance of the confession and thanksgiving.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Stand up and bless the Lord your God - It is the shameless custom of many congregations of people to sit still while they profess to bless and praise God, by singing the Psalms of David or hymns made on the plan of the Gospel! I ask such persons, Did they ever feel the spirit of devotion while thus employed? If they do, it must be owned that, by the prevalence of habit, they have counteracted the influence of an attitude most friendly to such acts of devotion.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 9:5 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.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
הַלְוִיִּ֡םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
יֵשׁ֣וּעַye.Shu.a'JeshuaH3442
וְ֠קַדְמִיאֵלVe.kad.mi.'eland KadmielH6934
בָּנִ֨יba.NiBaniH1137
חֲשַׁבְנְיָ֜הcha.shav.ne.YahHashabneiahH2813
שֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֤הshe.re.ve.YahSherebiahH8274
הֽוֹדִיָּה֙ho.di.YahHodiahH1941
שְׁבַנְיָ֣הshe.van.YahShebaniahH7645
פְתַֽחְיָ֔הfe.tach.YahPethahiahH6611
ק֗וּמוּKu.muariseH6965
בָּרֲכוּ֙ba.ra.KhublessH1288
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָעוֹלָ֖םha.'o.Lam<the> antiquityH5769
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
הָעוֹלָ֑םha.'o.Lam<the> perpetuityH5769
וִיבָֽרְכוּ֙vi.va.re.Khuand may people blessH1288
שֵׁ֣םshem[the] name ofH8034
כְּבוֹדֶ֔ךָke.vo.De.khaglory yourH3519
וּמְרוֹמַ֥םu.me.ro.Mamand [may it] be exaltedH7311
עַל\־'al-aboveH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בְּרָכָ֖הbe.ra.KhahblessingH1293
וּתְהִלָּֽה\׃u.te.hi.Lahand praiseH8416

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Cross references for Nehemiah 9:5

  • Psalms 103:1-2

    A Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

  • 2 Corinthians 4:6

    For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Peter 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • Psalms 106:2

    Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?

  • Matthew 11:25

    At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

  • Jeremiah 33:10-11

    Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.

  • Ezra 3:11

    And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:13

    Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

  • Psalms 117:1-2

    O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Psalms 72:18-19

    Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 28:58

    If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

  • 1 Kings 8:14

    And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Stand up.
1Ki 8:14,22; 2Ch 20:13,19; Ps 134:1-3; 135:1-3
bless.
1Ch 29:20; Ezr 3:11; Ps 103:1,2; 117:1,2; 145:2; 146:2
Jer 33:10,11; Mt 11:25; Eph 3:20,21; 1Pe 1:3
thy glorious.
Ex 15:6,11; De 28:58; 1Ch 29:13; Ps 72:18,19; 145:5,11,12; 2Co 4:6
exalted.
1Ki 8:27; 1Ch 29:11; Ps 16:2; 106:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Nehemiah 9:4

    Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.

  • Nehemiah 9:5

    Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

  • Nehemiah 9:6

    Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

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Nehemiah 9:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dijeron los Levitas, Jesuá y Cadmiel, Bani, Hosabnías, Serebías, Odaías, Sebanías y Pethaía: Levantaos, bendecid á Jehová vuestro Dios desde el siglo hasta el siglo: y bendigan el nombre tuyo, glorioso y alto sobre toda bendición y alabanza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les lévites, Jéshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabnia, Shérébia, Hodija, Shebania et Pethakhia, dirent: Levez-vous, bénissez l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, d’éternité en éternité! Et qu’on bénisse le nom de ta gloire, qui est haut élevé au-dessus de toute bénédiction et de toute louange.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Leviten Jeschua und Kadmiel, Bani, Haschabneja, Scherebja, Hodija, Schebanja, Pethachja sprachen: Stehet auf, preiset Jehova, euren Gott, von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit! Und man preise deinen herrlichen Namen, der erhaben ist über allen Preis und Ruhm!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dixerunt Levitæ Josue, et Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, Phathathia: Surgite, benedicite Domino Deo vestro ab æterno usque in æternum: et benedicant nomini gloriæ tuæ excelso in omni benedictione et laude.