Nehemiah 5:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. Even so may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, 'May God likewise shake out every man who does not uphold this promise from his home and his possessions. Let him be shaken out and left empty!' The entire assembly said, 'Amen,' and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Also I shook{H5287} out my lap,{H2684} and said,{H559} So God{H430} shake out{H5287} every man{H376} from his house,{H1004} and from his labor,{H3018} that performeth{H6965} not this promise;{H1697} even thus be he shaken out,{H5287} and emptied.{H7386} And all the assembly{H6951} said,{H559} Amen,{H543} and praised{H1984} Jehovah.{H3068} And the people{H5971} did{H6213} according to this promise.{H1697}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Also I shook{H5287}{(H8804)} my lap{H2684}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, So God{H430} shake out{H5287}{(H8762)} every man{H376} from his house{H1004}, and from his labour{H3018}, that performeth{H6965}{(H8686)} not this promise{H1697}, even thus be he shaken out{H5287}{(H8803)}, and emptied{H7386}. And all the congregation{H6951} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Amen{H543}, and praised{H1984}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3068}. And the people{H5971} did{H6213}{(H8799)} according to this promise{H1697}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And I shoke my lappe, and sayde: God shake out euery man after the same maner fro his house and laboure, that maynteyneth not this worde: euen thus be he shaken out, and voyde. And all ye congregacion sayde: Amen, and praysed the LORDE. And the people dyd so.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So I shooke my lappe, and said, So let God shake out euery man that wil not perfourme this promise from his house, & from his labour: euen thus let him be shaken out, & emptied; all the Cogregation said, Amen, & praised the Lord: and the people did according to this promes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I shooke my lappe and saide: God shake out euery man after the same maner from his house & laboure that maintaineth not this worde, euen thus be he shaken out, and voyde. And all the congregation saide, Amen, and praysed the Lorde: And the people did according to this promise.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn't perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. All the assembly said, Amen, and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, `Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, `Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Also I shook out my lap, and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn't perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied." All the assembly said, "Amen," and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I also shook out my garment, and I said,“In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!” All the assembly replied,“So be it!” and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 18:6 : 6 And when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'
  • Matt 10:14 : 14 And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
  • 1 Chr 16:36 : 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel forever and ever. And all the people said, 'Amen,' and praised the LORD.
  • Neh 8:6 : 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High:
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Vow and pay to the LORD your God; let all around Him bring presents to Him who is to be feared.
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
  • Eccl 5:5 : 5 It is better not to vow than to vow and not pay.
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on this side; and everyone who swears shall be cut off according to it on that side. 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.
  • Num 5:22 : 22 And this water that brings a curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
  • Deut 27:14-26 : 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he who lies with any kind of animal. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed be he who does not confirm all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • 1 Sam 15:28 : 28 And Samuel said to him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
  • 1 Kgs 11:29-31 : 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way; and he had clothed himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field. 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces: for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you.
  • 2 Kgs 23:3 : 3 And the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood for the covenant.
  • Acts 13:51 : 51 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

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  • 11 So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why has the house of God been forsaken? And I gathered them together and placed them in their stations.

  • 5 Then Ezra arose and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

  • 13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth will move out of its place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

  • Ezra 9:3-5
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    3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and pulled out the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.

    4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel assembled to me, because of the transgression of those who had been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.

    5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness, and having torn my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

  • 14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brethren have eaten the governor's provisions.

  • 26 Cursed be he who does not confirm all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon to this place.

  • 3 Therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the advice of my lord and those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

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    6 For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;

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    6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

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    8 This upset me very much; so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

    9 Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the rooms; and I brought back into them the vessels of the house of God, along with the grain offerings and the frankincense.

  • 21 Then I warned them, and said to them, Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath.

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    4 And it happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

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  • 12 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said, so must we do.

  • 11 Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house and set up, let him be hanged upon it, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

  • 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

  • 16 Indeed, I also devoted myself to the work on this wall and did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.

  • 19 Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.

  • 22 For I was ashamed to request from the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek him; but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.

  • 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands will be weakened from the work, so that it will not be done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

  • 12 But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to anger, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away to Babylon.

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  • 9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

  • 9 Then we asked those elders and said to them, Who commanded you to build this house and to finish these walls?

  • 25 So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.

  • 26 Whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."

  • 29 They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His judgments and His statutes;

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    26 And whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

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  • 3 And say to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

  • 17 Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.