Nehemiah 8:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.”
Nehemiah 8:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 8:1 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 8:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.”
Nehemiah 8:1 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 8:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel. ”
Nehemiah 8:1 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 8:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that <FI>is<Fi> before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.”
Nehemiah 8:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 8:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel. ”
Nehemiah 8:1 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 8:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And all the people assembled themselues together, in the streete that was before the watergate, and they spake vnto Ezra the Scribe, that hee would bring the booke of ye Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.”
Nehemiah 8:1 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 8:1 in Context — Nehemiah 8
1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
What Does Nehemiah 8:1 Mean?
Nehemiah 8:1 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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