Nehemiah - 9:33



33 However you are just in all that is come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

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Explanation and meaning of Nehemiah 9:33.

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Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.
But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.
But thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
and Thou art righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly;
But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:
However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Howbeit thou [art] just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast (k) done right, but we have done wickedly:
(k) He confesses that all these things came to them justly for their sins, but he appeals from God's justice to his mercies.

Howbeit, thou art just in all that is brought upon us,.... They own the justice of God, could not complain of any wrong done them; and had he shown them no mercy at all, it was but what they deserved:
for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly; he had done according to the truth of his word of promise, he had faithfully kept it, but they had transgressed his righteous law.

Thou art just. &c. - It becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of providence, be they ever so sharp, or ever so long continued, still to justify God, and to own we are punished less than our iniquities deserve.

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