Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. New Living Translation You sent your good Spirit to instruct them, and you did not stop giving them manna from heaven or water for their thirst. English Standard Version You gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. Berean Standard Bible You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. King James Bible Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. New King James Version You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, And did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, And gave them water for their thirst. New American Standard Bible “Instead, You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, You did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst. NASB 1995 “You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst. NASB 1977 “And Thou didst give Thy good Spirit to instruct them, Thy manna Thou didst not withhold from their mouth, And Thou didst give them water for their thirst. Legacy Standard Bible You gave Your good Spirit to give them insight, Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst. Amplified Bible “You [also] gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, You did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst. Christian Standard Bible You sent your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. Holman Christian Standard Bible You sent Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. American Standard Version Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. Contemporary English Version Your gentle Spirit instructed them, and you gave them manna to eat and water to drink. English Revised Version Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. GOD'S WORD® Translation You gave them your good Spirit to teach them. You didn't keep your manna to yourself. You gave them water to quench their thirst. Good News Translation In your goodness you told them what they should do; you fed them manna and gave them water to drink. International Standard Version "You gave your good Spirit to instruct them, not withholding manna from them, and providing water to quench their thirst. Majority Standard Bible You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. NET Bible You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst. New Heart English Bible You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst. Webster's Bible Translation Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. World English Bible You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Your good Spirit You have given, "" To cause them to act wisely; And Your manna You have not withheld from their mouth, "" And water You have given to them for their thirst, Young's Literal Translation 'And Thy good Spirit Thou hast given, to cause them to act wisely; and Thy manna Thou hast not withheld from their mouth, and water Thou hast given to them for their thirst, Smith's Literal Translation And thy good spirit thou gavest to instruct them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and water gavest thou to them for their thirst. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst. Catholic Public Domain Version And you gave them your good Spirit, so that he might teach them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and you gave them water in their thirst. New American Bible Your good spirit you bestowed on them, to give them understanding; Your manna you did not withhold from their mouths, and you gave them water in their thirst. New Revised Standard Version You gave your good spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and gave them water for their thirst. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and didst not withhold manna from their mouths, and gavest them water for their thirst. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And your good Spirit you gave to teach them, and manna you did not restrain from their mouths, and water you gave them for their thirst. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou gavest also Thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not Thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them, and thou didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water in their thirst. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The People Confess Their Sins…19You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go. 20You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. 21For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.… Cross References Exodus 16:13-15 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. / When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. / When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. Exodus 16:35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. Numbers 11:7-9 Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it. Psalm 78:23-25 Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. / He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. Psalm 105:39-40 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. / They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. Isaiah 63:11-14 Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? ... John 6:31-35 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ... John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— / the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. John 16:13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:17-18 ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. / Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. Romans 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 1 Corinthians 10:3-4 They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Treasury of Scripture You gave also your good spirit to instruct them, and withheld not your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst. gavest Nehemiah 9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. Numbers 11:17,25-29 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone… Isaiah 63:11-14 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? … good Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Romans 15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; Galatians 5:22,23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, … withheldest Exodus 16:15,35 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat… Joshua 5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. gavest Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. Psalm 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. Isaiah 41:17,18 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them… Jump to Previous Act Cause Gavest Good Instruct Manna Mouth Mouths Need Spirit Teacher Thirst Water Wisely Withheld WithholdJump to Next Act Cause Gavest Good Instruct Manna Mouth Mouths Need Spirit Teacher Thirst Water Wisely Withheld WithholdNehemiah 9 1. A solemn fast, and repentance of the people4. The Levites make a confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness You gave The phrase "You gave" underscores the generosity and providence of God. In Hebrew, the root word is "נָתַן" (natan), which means to give, bestow, or grant. This action is a divine initiative, emphasizing God's grace and willingness to provide for His people. Historically, this reflects God's continuous provision for Israel during their wilderness journey, a theme that resonates throughout the Old Testament. Your good Spirit to instruct them You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths and You gave them water for their thirst Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You gaveנָתַ֖תָּ (nā·ṯa·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set Your good הַטּוֹבָ֔ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good Spirit וְרוּחֲךָ֨ (wə·rū·ḥă·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit to instruct them. לְהַשְׂכִּילָ֑ם (lə·haś·kî·lām) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent You did not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no withhold מָנַ֣עְתָּ (mā·na‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 4513: To debar, from benefit, injury Your manna וּמַנְךָ֙ (ū·man·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4478: Manna (a kind of bread) from their mouths, מִפִּיהֶ֔ם (mip·pî·hem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to and You gave נָתַ֥תָּה (nā·ṯat·tāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set them water וּמַ֛יִם (ū·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen for their thirst. לִצְמָאָֽם׃ (liṣ·mā·’ām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6772: Thirst Links Nehemiah 9:20 NIVNehemiah 9:20 NLT Nehemiah 9:20 ESV Nehemiah 9:20 NASB Nehemiah 9:20 KJV Nehemiah 9:20 BibleApps.com Nehemiah 9:20 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 9:20 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 9:20 French Bible Nehemiah 9:20 Catholic Bible OT History: Nehemiah 9:20 You gave also your good Spirit (Neh Ne) |