Nehemiah 9:15 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 9:15 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְ֠לֶחֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
מִשָּׁמַ֜יִם
shâmayim
H8064
heaven
נָתַ֤תָּה
nâthan
H5414
to give
לָהֶם֙
לִרְעָבָ֔ם
râʻâb
H7458
famine
וּמַ֗יִם
mayim
H4325
water
מִסֶּ֛לַע
çelaʻ
H5553
rock
הוֹצֵ֥אתָ
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
לָהֶ֖ם
לִצְמָאָ֑ם
tsâmâʼ
H6772
thirst
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לָהֶ֗ם
לָבוֹא֙
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
לָרֶ֣שֶׁת
yârash
H3423
to inherit
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
נָשָׂ֥אתָ
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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יָדְךָ֖
yâd
H3027
hand
לָתֵ֥ת
nâthan
H5414
to give
לָהֶֽם
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World English Bible Public Domain
and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
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King James Version Public Domain
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And you gave to them bread from heaven for their hunger, and you brought out for them water from a rock for their thirst. And you said to them to go in to possess the land that you had raised your hand to give to them.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).