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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 8:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ne 8:8 |
King James |
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Gave the sense - Either by rendering the Hebrew into the Aramaic dialect, or perhaps simply by explaining obscure words or passages.
Caused them to understand - Either "they (the people) understood what was read;" or, "they (the Levites) expounded as they read." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They - Ezra and his companions successively. Sense - The meaning of the Hebrew words, which they expounded in the common language. Thy gave - So they gave them both a translation of the Hebrew words into the Chaldee, and an exposition of the things contained in them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| So they read in the book - For an explanation of this verse, see the observations at the end of the chapter, Neh 8:17 (note). |
17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.