Nehemiah 9:38
“And because of all this, wee make a sure couenant, and write it, and our Princes, Leuites, and Priestes, seale vnto it.”
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Nehemiah 9:38 Context
36Behold, we are seruants this day; and for the land that thou gauest vnto our fathers, to eat the fruit thereof, and the good thereof, behold, wee are seruants in it. 37And it yeeldeth much increase vnto the kings, whom thou hast set ouer vs, because of our sinnes: also they haue dominion ouer our bodies, and ouer our cattell, at their pleasure; and wee are in great distresse. 38And because of all this, wee make a sure couenant, and write it, and our Princes, Leuites, and Priestes, seale vnto it.
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Other Translations for Nehemiah 9:38
And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].
- King James Version
"Now because of all this We are making an agreement in writing; And on the sealed document {are the names of} our leaders, our Levites {and} our priests."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, `and' our priests, seal unto it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.
- Basic English Bible
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.
- Darby Bible
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it.
- Webster's Bible
Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal to it."
- World English Bible
And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed [are] our heads, our Levites, our priests.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
(10:1) And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and subscribe it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, set their seal unto it.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Nehemiah 9:38
9:38 Sure covenant, &c. - It was sealed and left upon record, that it might be a witness against them, if they dealt deceitfully.