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Nehemiah 8

Neh. 8:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, Go your way
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
, eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
e the fat
mashman (Hebrew #4924)
fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly) fatness; but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man
KJV usage: fat (one, -ness, -test, -test place).
Pronounce: mash-mawn'
Origin: from 8080
, and drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the sweet
mamtaq (Hebrew #4477)
something sweet (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (most) sweet.
Pronounce: mam-tak'
Origin: from 4985
, and send
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
f portions
manah (Hebrew #4490)
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lot
KJV usage: such things as belonged, part, portion.
Pronounce: maw-naw'
Origin: from 4487
unto them for whom nothing is prepared
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
: for this day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
is holy
qadowsh (Hebrew #6918)
from 6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
KJV usage: holy (One), saint.
Pronounce: kaw-doshe'
Origin: or qadosh {kaw-doshe'}
unto our Lord
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
: neither be ye sorry
`atsab (Hebrew #6087)
properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger
KJV usage: displease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.
Pronounce: aw-tsab'
Origin: a primitive root
; for the joy
chedvah (Hebrew #2304)
rejoicing
KJV usage: gladness, joy.
Pronounce: khed-vaw'
Origin: from 2302
g of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is your strength
ma`owz (Hebrew #4581)
or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from 5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
KJV usage: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold).
Pronounce: maw-oze'
Origin: (also mauwz {maw-ooz'})
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Song of Sol. 5:1• 1I am come into my garden, my sister spouse;{HR}I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;{HR}I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;{HR}I have drunk my wine with my milk.{HR}Eat, O friends; drink, yea drink abundantly, beloved one. (Song of Sol. 5:1)
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Esther 9:19,22• 19Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
 22as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. (Esther 9:19,22)
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Rev. 11:10• 10And those that dwell on the earth rejoice over them and make merry and shall send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth. (Rev. 11:10)
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Psa. 149:2• 2Let Israel rejoice in his Maker,{HR}Let Zion's sons rejoice in their King. (Psa. 149:2)
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Isa. 12:2‑3• 2Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation.
 3And ye shall draw water with joy from the fountains of salvation. (Isa. 12:2‑3)
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Isa. 35:1,4• 1The wilderness and the parched land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
 4Say to them [that are] of a fearful (hasty) heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God! vengeance will come, of God the recompense! He will come himself and save you. (Isa. 35:1,4)
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Isa. 61:10• 10I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with the turban, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels. (Isa. 61:10)
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Joel 2:23• 23Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. (Joel 2:23)
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Phil. 3:3• 3for we are the circumcision that worship God in Spirit and boast in Christ Jesus, and have no trust in flesh. (Phil. 3:3)

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Go your way.
Eccl. 2:24• 24[There] is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink,{HR}And make his soul enjoy good in his labour.{HR}This also I saw, that it [is] from the hand of God. (Eccl. 2:24)
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Eccl. 3:13• 13And also, that every man should eat and drink,{HR}And enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God. (Eccl. 3:13)
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Eccl. 5:18• 18Behold, that which I have seen to be good{HR}And to be comely is for one to eat and to drink,{HR}And to enjoy good in all his labour,{HR}Wherein he laboureth under the sun,{HR}All the days of his life which God hath given him:{HR}For this is his portion. (Eccl. 5:18)
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Eccl. 9:7• 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy,{HR}And drink thy wine with a merry heart;{HR}For God hath already accepted thy works. (Eccl. 9:7)
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1 Tim. 6:17‑18• 17Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment;
 18to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, ready to communicate, (1 Tim. 6:17‑18)
eat.
Song of Sol. 5:1• 1I am come into my garden, my sister spouse;{HR}I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;{HR}I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;{HR}I have drunk my wine with my milk.{HR}Eat, O friends; drink, yea drink abundantly, beloved one. (Song of Sol. 5:1)
send.
Deut. 26:11‑13• 11And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
 12When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, {i}to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat in thy gates, and be filled;{/i}
 13then thou shalt say before Jehovah thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, {i}and to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed nor forgotten any of thy commandments:{/i} (Deut. 26:11‑13)
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Esther 9:19,22• 19Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
 22as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. (Esther 9:19,22)
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Job 31:16‑18• 16If I kept back the poor from [their] desire,{HR}And the eyes of the widow made to pine,
 17Or ate my morsel by myself,{HR}And the orphan had not eaten of it
 18(For from my path I brought him up as a father,{HR}And her I guided from my mother’s womb); (Job 31:16‑18)
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Eccl. 11:2• 2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight,{HR}For thou knowest not what evil shall be on the earth. (Eccl. 11:2)
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Luke 11:41• 41{i}But{/i} rather give alms of what ye have: and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (Luke 11:41)
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Rev. 11:10• 10And those that dwell on the earth rejoice over them and make merry and shall send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth. (Rev. 11:10)
the joy.
Psa. 28:7‑8• 7Jehovah [is] my strength and my shield,{HR}In him hath my heart trusted,{HR}And I have been helped;{HR}My heart also exulteth,{HR}And with my song do I praise him.
 8Jehovah [is] strength to him,{HR}Yea, a stronghold of the salvation of his anointed [is] he. (Psa. 28:7‑8)
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Psa. 149:2• 2Let Israel rejoice in his Maker,{HR}Let Zion's sons rejoice in their King. (Psa. 149:2)
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Prov. 17:22• 22A joyful heart causeth good healing;{HR}But a broken spirit drieth up the bones. (Prov. 17:22)
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Isa. 6:7‑8• 7and he laid [it] upon my mouth and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is expiated.
 8Also I heard the voice of Jehovah, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here [am] I; send me. (Isa. 6:7‑8)
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Isa. 12:1‑3• 1And in that day thou shalt say,{HR}I will praise thee, O Jehovah.{HR}Though thou hast been angry with me,{HR}Thine anger is turned away,{HR}And thou comfortest me.
 2Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation.
 3And ye shall draw water with joy from the fountains of salvation. (Isa. 12:1‑3)
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Isa. 35:1‑4• 1The wilderness and the parched land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
 2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah, and the excellency of our God.
 3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the tottering knees.
 4Say to them [that are] of a fearful (hasty) heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God! vengeance will come, of God the recompense! He will come himself and save you. (Isa. 35:1‑4)
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Isa. 61:10• 10I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with the turban, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels. (Isa. 61:10)
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Joel 2:23• 23Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. (Joel 2:23)
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2 Cor. 8:2• 2that in much trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality; (2 Cor. 8:2)
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2 Cor. 12:8‑9• 8For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me;
 9and he hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me. (2 Cor. 12:8‑9)
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Phil. 3:4• 4Though I have a trusting even in flesh; if any other seem to trust in flesh, I more: (Phil. 3:4)
• “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” It was not “their joy in the Lord” (Isa. 29:19), but His joy in a weak, obedient remnant gathered back to the place where He had chosen to place His name. This had been emphasized 21 times in the book of Deuteronomy. (“Help on Hard Verses” by A.C. Brown)
• Obedience to the Word of God brings joy to God; it is that joy that gives us strength. “The joy of the Lord is your strength”(Neh. 8:10). This verse does not speak of our joy in God — though there will be joy and rejoicing: “Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart” (Jer. 15:16). When another derives pleasure from the things we do, it gives us encouragement and the strength to go on; how much more so when it is God. (“The Feast of Trumpets” by N. Simon)
• This order is instructive-communion with the heart of God and then communion with their brethren. The first thing was to have their own hearts filled with the joy of the Lord, then for that joy to well out in blessing to the poor and needy, and thus they would find that the joy of the Lord was their strength. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 8:1-12” by E. Dennett)
• Truly they had need of self-judgment and contrition; but the point is, that this holy day was not suited for these things, and the Lord would have them rise above their own state and condition, and for the moment find their joy in His joy, and in His joy would be their strength. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 8:1-12” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)