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Nehemiah 5:9

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5:9 Then I 1  said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! 2  Should you not conduct yourselves 3  in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

1 tc The translation reads with the Qere and the ancient versions וָאוֹמַר (vaomar, “and I said”) rather than the MT Kethib, וַיֹּאמֶר (vayyomer, “and he said”).

2 tn Heb “not good.” The statement “The thing…is not good” is an example of tapeinosis, a figurative expression which emphasizes the intended point (“The thing…is wrong!”) by negating its opposite.

3 tn Heb “[should you not] walk.”



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