Nehemiah 1 — The report from Jerusalem and Nehemiah's prayer — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Nehemiah 1 — The report from Jerusalem and Nehemiah's prayer
H 1:1–3 — The survivors and the broken wall
Verse H 1:1 Similar
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:1
The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, I was in Susa the citadel,
Greek–English (G)
G 11:1
The words of Neemias son of Achalia. In the month of Chaseelou, in the twentieth year, I was in Sousan abira,
Comparison and reception
Similar. Text: The corresponding personal and month names retain their source forms. H names the citadel; G carries abira as a borrowed designation. Neither verse yet names the king whose twentieth year is meant.
Verse H 1:2 Different
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:2
and Hanani, one of my brothers, came with men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews, the survivors who remained from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
Greek–English (G)
G 11:2
and Anani, one of my brothers, came, he and men of Judah. I asked them about those who had been saved, who remained from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
Comparison and reception
Different. Text: H explicitly identifies the survivors as Jews. G describes those saved or delivered without that ethnic designation here. Both preserve the inquiry about Jerusalem.
Verse H 1:3 Similar
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:3
They said to me, “The remnant who remained from the captivity there in the province are in great distress and disgrace. Jerusalem's wall is broken through, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
Greek–English (G)
G 11:3
They said to me, “The remaining people who were left from the captivity there in the country are in great distress and disgrace. Jerusalem's walls have been pulled down, and its gates have been set ablaze with fire.”
Comparison and reception
Similar. Text: H has province and a breached wall; G has country and demolished walls. The people's distress and the burned gates agree.
H 1:4–11 — Grief, confession and the plea for favor
Verse H 1:4 Same
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:4
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned for days. I kept fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Greek–English (G)
G 11:4
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned for days. I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven,
Comparison and reception
Same. Text: Both retain the prolonged grief, fasting and prayer; G continues directly into the following speech.
Verse H 1:5 Different
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:5
I said, “Please, YHWH, God of heaven, the great and fearsome God, who keeps the covenant and steadfast love for those who love Him and keep His commandments:
Greek–English (G)
G 11:5
and said, “No, I pray, Lord, God of heaven, the Mighty One, the Great and Fearsome, who keeps the covenant and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments:
Comparison and reception
Different. Text: H begins the plea with anna; G has the negative appeal me de, retained provisionally as No, I pray. This is an urgent petition, not a denial of the divine titles. G explicitly describes the Mighty One, while H names God. Steadfast love and mercy preserve the respective covenant vocabulary.
Verse H 1:6 Same
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:6
please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, to hear the prayer of Your servant that I am praying before You today, day and night, for the sons of Israel, Your servants. I confess the sins of the sons of Israel that we have sinned against You. I and my father's house have sinned.
Greek–English (G)
G 11:6
let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes opened to hear Your servant's prayer, which I pray before You today, day and night, for the sons of Israel, Your servants. I confess concerning the sins of the sons of Israel that we have sinned against You. I and my father's house have sinned.
Comparison and reception
Same. Text: Both combine prayer for Israel with personal and familial confession. G's final confession remains within source verse 11:6, although the publisher begins a new paragraph before it.
Verse H 1:7 Similar
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:7
We have acted very corruptly against You. We have not kept the commandments, statutes and judgments that You commanded Moses Your servant.
Greek–English (G)
G 11:7
We have utterly broken faith with You, and have not kept the commandments, ordinances and judgments that You commanded Moses Your servant.
Comparison and reception
Similar. Text: H intensifies the corruption verb; G intensifies dialyo, loosen or dissolve, with its cognate noun. Broken faith is a provisional contextual rendering of the compressed Greek confession, not a supplied explicit covenant noun. Both proceed to the same threefold admission of disobedience. LSJ A.3 attests dissolving friendship or agreements, including an absolute use, but does not cite this verse [LSJ-DIAL]. That evidence supports the lexical range, not certainty about the compressed construction.
Verse H 1:8 Similar
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:8
Please remember the word that You commanded Moses Your servant, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;
Greek–English (G)
G 11:8
Please remember the word that You commanded Moses Your servant, saying, ‘If you break covenant, I will scatter you among the peoples;
Comparison and reception
Similar. Text: H's unfaithfulness and G's covenant-breaking verb retain their respective emphasis. Both present conditional disobedience followed by divine scattering.
Verse H 1:9 Same
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:9
but if you return to Me, keep My commandments and do them, even if your banished ones are at the end of the heavens, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I chose to make My name dwell there.’
Greek–English (G)
G 11:9
and if you turn back to Me, keep My commandments and do them, even if your dispersed people are at the farthest edge of heaven, I will gather them from there and bring them into the place I chose for My name to dwell there.’
Comparison and reception
Same. Text: Both retain return, obedience, the furthest dispersal, gathering, and the chosen dwelling of God's name. Neither column substitutes the people themselves for the expressly named divine name.
Verse H 1:10 Same
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:10
They are Your servants and Your people, whom You redeemed by Your great power and Your strong hand.
Greek–English (G)
G 11:10
They are Your servants and Your people, whom You redeemed by Your great power and Your mighty hand.
Comparison and reception
Same. Text: The identity of the people and the two descriptions of divine redeeming power correspond.
Verse H 1:11 Different
Hebrew–English (H)
H 1:11
Please, Lord, let Your ear be attentive to Your servant's prayer and to the prayer of Your servants who delight to fear Your name. Please grant Your servant success today, and give him compassion before this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.
Greek–English (G)
G 11:11
No, I pray, Lord! But let Your ear be attentive to Your servant's prayer and to the prayer of Your servants who wish to fear Your name. Please grant Your servant success today, and give him compassion before this man.” Now I was the king's wine-pourer.
Comparison and reception
Different. Text: G repeats me de and adds but; H has the unqualified appeal anna. H's cupbearer and G's wine-pourer identify the court function, with G specifically naming wine. The third-person him in the petition refers to the praying servant; neither column replaces this man by a royal name absent from the verse.