King James Version
Nehemiah 9:33 in the King James Version says “Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:”
Nehemiah 9:33 · KJV
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. trouble: Heb. weariness that: Heb. that hath found us
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“upon us for thou hast done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“but we have done wickedly”
H7561to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
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