Nehemiah 9:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 9:21 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 →
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים
ʼarbâʻîym
H705
forty
שָׁנָ֛ה
shâneh
H8141
year
כִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥ם
kûwl
H3557
to contain
בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
חָסֵ֑רוּ
châçêr
H2637
to lack
שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיהֶם֙
salmâh
H8008
garment
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
בָל֔וּ
bâlâh
H1086
to wear out
וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם
regel
H7272
foot
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
בָצֵֽקוּ
bâtsêq
H1216
to swell
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yes, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, [and] they lacked nothing; their clothes didn't grow old, and their feet didn't swell.
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King James Version Public Domain
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And you sustained them forty years in the wilderness; they did not lack. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).