KJV King James Version
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Nehemiah 8:8
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.
WEB World English Bible
They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
ASV American Standard Version
And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining—so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 8
5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
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.
7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people [stood] in their place.
8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.
9 And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day [is] holy; neither be ye grieved.
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וַֽיִּקְרְא֥וּH7121 · qa.rato call: call toבַסֵּ֛פֶרH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentבְּתוֹרַ֥תH8451 · to.rahinstructionהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodמְפֹרָ֑שׁH6567 · pa.rashto declareוְשׂ֣וֹםH7760 · sumto set: makeשֶׂ֔כֶלH7922 · se.khelunderstandingוַיָּבִ֖ינוּH995 · binto understandבַּמִּקְרָֽא׃ סH4744 · miq.raassembly
Cross-references
Luke 24:45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,Acts 28:23And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning till evening.Acts 8:30-35And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?Habakkuk 2:2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?Acts 17:2-3And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,Luke 24:27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.Matthew 5:21-22Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:Matthew 5:27-28Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
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