Nehemiah 2:20 “So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will gr…”

Nehemiah 2:20

So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

World English Bible

Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.”

American Standard Version

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then answered I them, and sayd to them, The God of heauen, he will prosper vs, and we his seruants will rise vp and buylde: but as for you, ye haue no portion nor right, nor memoriall in Ierusalem.

Darby Translation

And I answered them, and said to them, The God of the heavens, he will prosper us, and we his servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation

And I return them word, and say to them, 'The God of the heavens — He doth give prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.'

Bible in Basic English

Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

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Cross references

“The God”

Nehemiah 2:4 Psalm 35:27 Ecclesiastes 7:18 Psalm 20:5 2 Chronicles 26:5 Psalm 122:6

Nehemiah 2:4 · BSB

“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

Psalm 35:27 · BSB

May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

Ecclesiastes 7:18 · BSB

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Psalm 20:5 · BSB

May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

2 Chronicles 26:5 · BSB

He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

Psalm 122:6 · BSB

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

“ye have no”

Ezra 4:3 Acts 8:21

Ezra 4:3 · BSB

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Per…

Acts 8:21 · BSB

You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

“memorial”

Isaiah 56:5 Acts 10:31 Zechariah 6:14 Acts 10:4 Numbers 10:10 Exodus 28:29

Isaiah 56:5 · BSB

I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

Acts 10:31 · BSB

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

Zechariah 6:14 · BSB

The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.

Acts 10:4 · BSB

Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

Numbers 10:10 · BSB

And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LO…

Exodus 28:29 · BSB

Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.

Also

Psalm 51:18 Esther 4:11

Psalm 51:18 · BSB

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Esther 4:11 · BSB

“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king…

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

In context

19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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