Verse 21

Nehemiah 9:21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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21 Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה כִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥/ם בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֖ר לֹ֣א חָסֵ֑רוּ שַׂלְמֹֽתֵי/הֶם֙ לֹ֣א בָל֔וּ וְ/רַגְלֵי/הֶ֖ם לֹ֥א בָצֵֽקוּ

English Translation

And for forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their garments did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and... Focus ↗

2 And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they stood, and... Focus ↗

3 And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God (Elohim), four... Focus ↗

4 And there stood up upon the seep of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sare... Focus ↗

5 And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Ar... Focus ↗

6 Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host there... Focus ↗

7 Thou, O Lord God (Elohim), art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the... Focus ↗

8 And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him... Focus ↗

9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea... Focus ↗

10 And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of h... Focus ↗

11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land:... Focus ↗

12 And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of Are by night, that they... Focus ↗

13 Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them ri... Focus ↗

14 Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies... Focus ↗

15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of t... Focus ↗

16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandmen... Focus ↗

17 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And the... Focus ↗

18 Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God (Elohim), tha... Focus ↗

19 Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed... Focus ↗

20 And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their... Focus ↗

21 Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did...

22 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the l... Focus ↗

23 And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land conce... Focus ↗

24 And the children came and possessed the land, and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of t... Focus ↗

25 And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by... Focus ↗

26 But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and t... Focus ↗

27 And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of th... Focus ↗

28 But after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight : and thou leftest them in the hand o... Focus ↗

29 And thou didst admonish them to re turn to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy... Focus ↗

30 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the... Focus ↗

31 Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art... Focus ↗

32 Now therefore our God (Elohim), great, strong and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not... Focus ↗

33 And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have do... Focus ↗

34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy... Focus ↗

35 And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest the... Focus ↗

36 Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the br... Focus ↗

37 And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have... Focus ↗

38 and because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, an... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 9 (38 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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