Nehemiah 4:5

don’t cover their iniquity, and don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”

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WEBBE

Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”

BSB

Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

KJV

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

ASV

and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.

BBE

Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.

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וְאַל־ ve·'al- and may not H408 תְּכַס te·khas you cover H3680 עַל־ 'al- over H5921 עֲוֹנָם 'a·vo·nam iniquity their H5771 וְחַטָּאתָם ve·cha·ta·tam and sin their H2403 מִלְּפָנֶיךָ mi·le·fa·nei·kha from to before you H6440 אַל־ 'al- may not H408 תִּמָּחֶה ti·ma·cheh it be wiped out H4229 כִּי ki for H3588 הִכְעִיסוּ hikh·'i·su they have provoked to anger H3707 לְנֶגֶד le·ne·ged to before H5048 הַבּוֹנִים ha·bo·nim the builders H1129

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–6

Many a good work has been looked upon with contempt by proud and haughty scorners. Those who disagree in almost every thing, will unite in persecution. Nehemiah did not answer these fools according to their folly, but looked up to God by prayer. God's people have often been a despised people, but he hears all the slights that are put upon them, and it is their comfort that he does so. Nehemiah had reason to think that the hearts of those sinners were desperately hardened, else he would not have prayed that their sins might never be blotted out. Good work goes on well, when people have a mind to it. The reproaches of enemies should quicken us to our duty, not drive us from it.

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Topics

Afflictions And AdversitiesPrayerZeal, Religious

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.