Nehemiah 1:5

and said, I beseech thee, O Yahweh God of the heavens, the great and fearful GOD,—keeping the covenant and lovingkindness for them who love him and keep his commandments:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

In Context

4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and I mourned certain days,—and continued fasting and praying, before the God of the heavens;

6Let, I pray thee, thine ears be attentive and thine eyes open—to hearken unto the prayer of thy servant—which, I, am praying before thee now, day and night, for the sons of Israel, thy servants,—and making confession concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, which we have committed against thee, both I and the house of my father, have sinned.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:9So then, thou must know that, Yahweh thy God, he, is God,—the faithful GOD, keeping his covenant and his lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations

Deuteronomy 7:21Thou shalt not be affrighted at their presence,—for Yahweh thy God in thy midst is a Go great and to be revered.

1 Chronicles 17:21Who then is like thy people Israel, a nation alone in the earth,—whom God went to redeem, to be his own people, to make for thyself a name for great and fearful things, to drive out, nations, from before thy people, whom thou didst redeem out of Egypt;

Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, Concerning what, is it, thou, wouldst make request? So I prayed unto the God of the heavens,

Nehemiah 4:14Then I looked and rose up, and said—unto the nobles and unto the deputies and unto the rest of the people, Do not ye fear because of them,—the great and fearful Lord, remember ye, so shall ye fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

Psalms 47:2For, Yahweh—as Most High, is to be revered, A great king, over all the earth,

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 1:2-5

Nehemiah This book continues the history of the children of the captivity, the poor Jews, that had lately returned out of Babylon to their own land. At this time not only the Persian monarchy flourished in great pomp and power, but Greece and Rome began to be very great and to make a figure. Of the affairs of those high and mighty states we have authentic accounts extant; but the sacred and inspired history takes cognizance only of the state of the Jews, and makes no mention of other nations but as the Israel of… Read the whole commentary →

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