Nehemiah 1:6

1:6 may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed ¹  against you – both I myself and my family ²  have sinned.

Nehemiah 4:14

4:14 When I had made an inspection, ³  I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, ⁴  and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!” ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “have sinned.” For stylistic reasons – to avoid redundancy in English – this was translated as “committed.”

² tn Heb “the house of my father.”

³ tn Heb “And I saw.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

⁵ tn Heb “houses.”