Nehemiah 8:10
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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.Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
In other translations
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.Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לָהֶםlahemto themלְכוּlekhugoH1980אִכְלוּ'ikhlueatH398מַשְׁמַנִּיםmashmanimfat foodsH4924וּשְׁתוּushetuand drinkH8354מַמְתַקִּיםmamtakimsweet thingsH4477וְשִׁלְחוּveshilchuand sendH7971מָנוֹתmanotportionsH4490לְאֵיןle'einto [any whom] nothingH369נָכוֹןnakhon[is] preparedH3559לוֹlofor himכִּי־ki-forH3588קָדוֹשׁkadoosh[is] holyH6918הַיּוֹםhaiyomthis dayH3117לַאֲדֹנֵינוּla'adoneinuto lord<s> ourH113וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408תֵּעָצֵבוּte'atzevuyou be grievedH6087כִּי־ki-forH3588חֶדְוַתchedvat[the] joy ofH2304יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הִיאhi'itH1931מָעֻזְּכֶם׃ma'uzekhem[is] refuge yourH4581
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:8-98 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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- Isaiah 12:1-31 And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.1 In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me. 2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.” 3 With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
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- 2 Corinthians 8:2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
- Esther 9:22As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
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