Nehemiah 1:6 “let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that…”

Nehemiah 1:6

let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.

World English Bible

let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.

American Standard Version

let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father’s house have sinned:

Geneva Bible 1599

I pray thee, let thine eares be attet, and thine eies open, to heare the praier of thy seruat, which I pray before thee dayly, day and night for ye childre of Israel thy seruats, and confesse the sinnes of the children of Israel, which we haue sinned against thee, both I and my fathers house haue sinned:

Darby Translation

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

Young's Literal Translation

let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

Bible in Basic English

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.

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Cross references

“thine ear”

Psalm 34:15 2 Chronicles 6:40 Psalm 130:2 1 Kings 8:28 1 Kings 8:29 Daniel 9:17

Psalm 34:15 · BSB

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

2 Chronicles 6:40 · BSB

Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

Psalm 130:2 · BSB

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

1 Kings 8:28 · BSB

Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

1 Kings 8:29 · BSB

May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

Daniel 9:17 · BSB

So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

“day and night”

Luke 18:7 2 Timothy 1:3 Psalm 55:17 1 Timothy 5:5 1 Samuel 15:11 Psalm 88:1

Luke 18:7 · BSB

Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?

2 Timothy 1:3 · BSB

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

Psalm 55:17 · BSB

Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

1 Timothy 5:5 · BSB

The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

1 Samuel 15:11 · BSB

“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

Psalm 88:1 · BSB

O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

“confess”

Daniel 9:20 Daniel 9:4 1 John 1:9 Lamentations 3:39–42 Psalm 32:5 Ezra 10:11

Daniel 9:20 · BSB

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

Daniel 9:4 · BSB

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

1 John 1:9 · BSB

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Lamentations 3:39–42 · BSB

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

Psalm 32:5 · BSB

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Ezra 10:11 · BSB

Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

“both I”

Psalm 106:6 2 Chronicles 29:6 Isaiah 6:5 Lamentations 5:7 2 Chronicles 28:10 Ephesians 2:3

Psalm 106:6 · BSB

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

2 Chronicles 29:6 · BSB

For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Lamentations 5:7 · BSB

Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

2 Chronicles 28:10 · BSB

And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

Ephesians 2:3 · BSB

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

Also

Ezra 10:1

Ezra 10:1 · BSB

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

7We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

Read Nehemiah 1