King James Version
Nehemiah 5:19 in the King James Version says “Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.”
Nehemiah 5:19 · KJV
Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Think”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
“upon me my God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“for good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“according to all that I have done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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