Nehemiah 9:38
King James Version (KJV)
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
In context
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
Nehemiah 9:38 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
- WEB World English Bible
- Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed [are] our heads, our Levites, our priests.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And because of all this we make a sure covenant , and write it ; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it .