Nehemiah 1:7

We have dealt very corruptly The words in the original occasion some difficulty. There is however no connexion, as commentators have supposed, between the Hebrew words used here and a similar root meaning -a pledge." The Vulgate, adopting a different derivation, has -vanitate seducti sumus." The LXX. rendering διαλύσει διελύσαμεν πρὸς σὲ and that of a few MSS. ματαιώσει ἐματαιώθημεν ἐν σοί (Field's Orig. Hex.) show the uncertainty as to the meaning. Elsewhere in the O.T. the word occurs in Job 17:1; Isaiah 13:5; Isaiah 32:7; Isaiah 54:16; Proverbs 13:13; Micah 2:10; Song of Solomon 2:15. The substantive derived from the root here used is rendered -hurt" Daniel 6:23. It is found with the same meaning as in this verse Job 34:31 -I will not offend any more."

commandments … statutes … judgments The three words occur together in Deuteronomy 5:31; Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 7:11; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 11:1.

which thou commandedst e.g. Deuteronomy 6:1.

thy servant Moses and Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 9:18.

-The servant of the Lord" was a favourite title applied to Moses. In Joshua it occurs with great frequency (e.g. Joshua 1:1-2; Joshua 1:7; Joshua 1:13, &c.). Elsewhere it is found in 1Ki 8:53; 1 Kings 8:56; 2 Kings 18:12; 2Ki 21:8; 2 Chronicles 1:3; Psalms 105:26; Malachi 4:4. He is called -the servant of God" in Nehemiah 10:29; 1 Chronicles 6:49; Daniel 9:11; -the man of God" Ezra 3:2; 1 Chronicles 23:14; Psalms 90. (title). Cf. in the New Testament the description of Moses as the -faithful servant" in Hebrews 3:2-5, and Revelation 15:3. The LXX. τῷ Μωυσῇ παιδί σου (Vulg. famulo tuo) will illustrate Acts 4:27 -thy holy Servant Jesus" (τὸν ἅγιον παῖδά σου Ἰησοῦν).