38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it.


In Context

35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it:

37 And it yieldeth much increase to 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, set their seals to it.

Nehemiah 9:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:38And because of all this we make a sure [covenant,] and write [it;] and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:38"In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:38and because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:38And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests are at the sealing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:38And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:38Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal to it.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:38And 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal to it.