Verse List for NEH 5:9

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OET (OET-RV) “It’s not good what you’re doing,” I continued. “Shouldn’t you all respect and obey our god, because otherwise we’ll be despised by the other nations, our enemies.

OET-LV and_I _said[fn][fn][fn] not is_good the_thing which you(pl) are_doing am_not in_the _fear _of our _god _of_our are _you(pl)_walking from_the _reproach _of the_nations enemies _of_our.

ULT And I said, “This thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?[fn]

UST Then I said to them, “What you are doing is wrong! You certainly ought to obey God and do what is right! Otherwise, our enemies will mock us even more.

BSB & MSB So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

OEB No OEB NEH book available

WEBBE & WMBB Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

NET Then I said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

LSV And I say, “The thing that you are doing [is] not good; do you not walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

FBV “What you're doing isn't right,” I told them. “Don't you think you should respect our God so that enemy nations don't criticize us?

T4T Then I said to them, “What you are doing is terrible [EUP]! You certainly ought to [RHQ] obey God and do what is right! If you did that, our enemies who do not revere Yahweh would see that we are doing what is right and would not ridicule us.

LEB So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to prevent the disgrace from the nations, our enemies?

BBE And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

Moff So I went on: “You are doing wrong. Will you not live in awe of God, with an eye to the sneers of our foreign foes?

JPS Also I said: 'The thing that ye do is not good; ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

ASV Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

DRA And I said to them: The thing you do is not good: why walk you not in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the Gentiles our enemies?

YLT And I say, 'Not good [is] the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

Drby And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our [fn]God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?

RV Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
(Also I said, The thing that ye/you_all do is not good: ought ye/you_all not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?)

SLT And it will be said, Not good the word which ye do: will ye not go in the fear of our God from the reproach of the nations our enemies?

Wbstr Also I said, That is not good which ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

KJB-1769 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
(Also I said, It is not good that ye/you_all do: ought ye/you_all not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?)

KJB-1611 Also I said, It is not good that yee doe: ought yee not to walke in the feare of our God, because of the reproch of the heathen our enemies?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And Nehemia saide, It is not good that ye do: Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, because of the rebuke of the heathen that are our enemies?
(And Nehemia said, It is not good that ye/you_all do: Ought ye/you_all not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the rebuke of the heathen that are our enemies?)

Gnva I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, for the reproche of the heathen our enemies?
(I said also, That which ye/you_all do, is not good. Ought ye/you_all not to walk in the fear of our God, for the reproach of the heathen our enemies?)

Cvdl And I sayde: It is not good that ye do. Oughte ye not to walke in the feare of God, because of the rebuke of the Heythen oure enemies?
(And I said: It is not good that ye/you_all do. Oughte ye/you_all not to walk in the fear of God, because of the rebuke of the Heathen our enemies?)

Wycl And Y seide to hem, It is not good thing, which ye doon; whi goen ye not in the drede of oure God, and repreef be not seid to vs of hethene men, oure enemyes?
(And I said to them, It is not good thing, which ye/you_all done; why going ye/you_all not in the dread of our God, and repreef be not said to us of heathen men, our enemies?)

Luth Und ich sprach: Es ist nicht gut, das ihr tut. Solltet ihr nicht in der Furcht Gottes wandeln um der Schmach willen der Heiden, unserer Feinde?
(And I spoke: It is not good, the you(pl)/their/her does. Shouldet you(pl)/their/her not in the/of_the fear(n) God’s walk around/by/for the/of_the disgrace will(v) the/of_the heathens, ours enemies?)

ClVg Dixique ad eos: Non est bona res quam facitis: quare non in timore Dei nostri ambulastis, ne exprobretur nobis a gentibus inimicis nostris?
(And_I_said to them: Not/No it_is good(s) thing how you_do: why not/no in/into/on with_fear of_God our you_walkeds, not exprobretur us from nations enemies ours?)

UHB וָאוֹמַ֕ר [fn] לֹא־ט֥וֹב הַ⁠דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֑ים הֲ⁠ל֞וֹא בְּ⁠יִרְאַ֤ת אֱלֹהֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙ תֵּלֵ֔כוּ מֵ⁠חֶרְפַּ֖ת הַ⁠גּוֹיִ֥ם אוֹיְבֵֽי⁠נוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX No BrLXX NEH book available

BrTr And I said, The thing which ye do is not good; ye will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.