# Nehemiah 8

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 6 | 33.33%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 11 | 61.11%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 1 | 5.56%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 511 | 95.69%
NIV2011 changed words | 23 | 4.31%
NIV2011 removed words | 17 |
NIV2011 added words | 29 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
8:1 | NIV2011 | all the people assembled as one man in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. | all the people assembled as with one man accord in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the scribe teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. | all the people assembled came together as one man in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the scribe teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
8:4 | tNIV | Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam. | Ezra the scribe teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam. | Ezra the scribe teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
8:8 | tNIV | They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read. | They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand understood what was being read. | They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand understood what was being read.
8:9 | tNIV | Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is sacred to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law. | Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is sacred holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law. | Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is sacred holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
8:10 | tNIV | Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” | Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” | Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
8:11 | tNIV | The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a sacred day. Do not grieve.” | The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a sacred holy day. Do not grieve.” | The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a sacred holy day. Do not grieve.”
8:13 | tNIV | On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to give attention to the words of the Law. | On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe teacher to give attention to the words of the Law. | On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe teacher to give attention to the words of the Law.
8:14 | tNIV | They found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in booths during the feast of the seventh month | They found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in booths temporary shelters during the feast festival of the seventh month | They found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in booths temporary shelters during the feast festival of the seventh month
8:15 | tNIV | and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make booths”—as it is written. | and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make booths temporary shelters”—as it is written. | and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make booths temporary shelters”—as it is written.
8:16 | tNIV | So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves booths on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate and the one by the Gate of Ephraim. | So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves booths temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate and the one by the Gate of Ephraim. | So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves booths temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate and the one by the Gate of Ephraim.
8:17 | tNIV | The whole company that had returned from exile built booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this. And their joy was very great. | The whole company that had returned from exile built booths temporary shelters and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this. And their joy was very great. | The whole company that had returned from exile built booths temporary shelters and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this. And their joy was very great.
8:18 | tNIV | Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly. | Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the feast festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly. | Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the feast festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly.