Nehemiah 9:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they would go in to possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye, and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye: and promysed them, that they shulde go in, and take possession of the londe, where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And gauest them bread from heauen for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rocke for their thirst: and promisedst them that they shoulde goe in, and take possession of the land: for the which thou haddest lift vp thine hand for to giue them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And gauest them bread from heauen when they were hungry, and broughtest foorth water for them out of the rocke when they were thirstye, and promysedst them that they should go in and take possession of the lande ouer which thou haddest lyft vp thyne hand for to geue them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:8 : 8 See, I have set the land before you. Go and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.
  • Exod 17:6 : 6 The LORD continued, "I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  • Exod 16:4 : 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way, I will test them to see whether they will follow my instructions or not.
  • Exod 16:14-15 : 14 When the dew evaporated, there was a fine, flaky substance on the surface of the wilderness, as fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  • 1 Cor 10:3-4 : 3 They all ate the same spiritual food. 4 They all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
  • Ps 105:40-41 : 40 They asked, and he brought quail; he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
  • Ps 114:8 : 8 who turned the rock into a pool, the hard stone into a spring of water.
  • Ezek 20:15 : 15 Also, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands—
  • John 6:31-35 : 31 'Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."' 32 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.' 33 'For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.' 34 They said to him, 'Sir, always give us this bread.' 35 Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.'
  • Num 14:30 : 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore by uplifted hand to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
  • Num 20:7-9 : 7 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 8 "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to the rock in front of them, and it will yield its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community and their livestock to drink." 9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD's presence, just as he was commanded. 10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, "Listen now, you rebels! Must we bring water out of this rock for you?" 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water came out abundantly, and the community and their livestock drank. 12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe me and treat me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I am giving them." 13 These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he showed himself holy among them.
  • Deut 1:21 : 21 See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
  • Deut 8:3 : 3 He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
  • Deut 8:15-16 : 15 He led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, filled with venomous snakes, scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought water for you out of a rock of flint. 16 He fed you manna in the wilderness, which your fathers had never known, to humble and test you so that He might do good for you in the end.
  • Josh 1:2-4 : 2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now, therefore, arise, cross over this Jordan—you and all the people—into the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel. 3 Every place the sole of your foot will tread upon, I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. 4 Your territory will stretch from the wilderness and this Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittites—and westward to the Great Sea, where the sun sets.
  • Neh 9:20 : 20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.
  • Ps 77:15-20 : 15 You are the God who works wonders; You have made Your power known among the peoples. 16 With Your mighty arm, You redeemed Your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 17 The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and trembled; even the depths were shaken. 18 The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth sound; Your arrows flashed back and forth. 19 Your thunder echoed in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook. 20 Your way was through the sea, Your path through the waters, though Your footprints were not seen.
  • Ps 78:24-25 : 24 He rained down manna for them to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. 25 Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food to their fill.
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, 'I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 9:19-24
    6 verses
    82%

    19You, in Your great mercy, did not abandon them in the wilderness. During the day, the pillar of cloud did not depart to guide them on their way, nor did the pillar of fire by night to give them light for the path they should take.

    20You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.

    21For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

    22You gave them kingdoms and nations, dividing them into regions. They took possession of the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.

    23You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had promised their ancestors they would enter and take possession of.

    24Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.

  • Jer 32:22
    79%

    22You gave them this land You swore to give to their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Neh 9:9-14
    6 verses
    79%

    9You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

    10You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew how arrogantly they treated them. And You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

    11You divided the sea before them, and they passed through it on dry ground. But You cast their pursuers into the depths like a stone into mighty waters.

    12By day, You led them with a pillar of cloud and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light for the path they should follow.

    13You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them upright judgments, true laws, good statutes, and commandments.

    14You made Your holy Sabbath known to them, and You gave them commandments, statutes, and laws through Your servant Moses.

  • Deut 8:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15He led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, filled with venomous snakes, scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought water for you out of a rock of flint.

    16He fed you manna in the wilderness, which your fathers had never known, to humble and test you so that He might do good for you in the end.

  • Deut 6:23
    77%

    23But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He swore to our fathers.

  • Deut 11:9
    77%

    9And so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Isa 48:21
    77%

    21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow from the rock for them; He split open the rock, and water gushed out.

  • Deut 26:9
    77%

    9He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Ezek 20:15
    76%

    15Also, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands—

  • Neh 9:16
    76%

    16But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments.

  • Ps 78:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the depths.

    16He brought streams out of the rock and made water flow down like rivers.

  • Judg 6:9
    76%

    9I delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

  • Ps 78:20
    76%

    20True, He struck the rock, and water gushed out, and streams overflowed. But can He also give us bread or provide meat for His people?

  • Ps 105:40-41
    2 verses
    76%

    40They asked, and he brought quail; he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

    41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

  • Exod 6:8
    75%

    8'And I will bring you to the land that I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.'

  • Exod 16:32
    75%

    32Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Let an omer of it be kept for future generations so that they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"

  • Deut 26:15
    75%

    15Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as you swore to our ancestors.

  • John 6:31
    75%

    31'Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."'

  • Deut 9:23
    75%

    23And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, 'Go up and take possession of the land I have given you,' you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You did not trust him or obey his voice.

  • Deut 1:25
    75%

    25Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it back to us. And they reported, 'The land that the LORD our God is giving us is good.'

  • Deut 9:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28Otherwise, the land from which you brought us out will say, "The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."

    29But they are your people, your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.

  • Ps 78:29
    74%

    29They ate and were filled abundantly, for He gave them what they craved.

  • Exod 15:13
    74%

    13In Your steadfast love, You led the people You redeemed; in Your strength, You guided them to Your holy dwelling.

  • Exod 17:6
    74%

    6The LORD continued, "I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

  • Deut 1:33
    74%

    33who went before you on the way to scout out a place for you to camp, by night in the fire to show you the way you should go, and by day in the cloud.

  • Num 32:8
    74%

    8This is what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land.

  • Exod 16:4
    74%

    4Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way, I will test them to see whether they will follow my instructions or not.

  • Num 14:8
    74%

    8If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Ps 78:24
    73%

    24He rained down manna for them to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.

  • Deut 31:20
    73%

    20When I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I swore to their ancestors, and they eat their fill and grow fat, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.

  • Exod 16:15
    73%

    15When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

  • Exod 6:4
    73%

    4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as strangers.

  • Exod 32:13
    73%

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.'

  • Josh 5:6
    73%

    6The Israelites journeyed in the wilderness for forty years until all the warriors who had come out of Egypt died, because they did not obey the LORD. The LORD swore that He would not show them the land He had promised to their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Deut 8:2
    73%

    2Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.

  • Deut 1:8
    73%

    8See, I have set the land before you. Go and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.