Nehemiah 8:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.”
Nehemiah 8:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 8:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 8:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.”
Nehemiah 8:12 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 8:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.”
Nehemiah 8:12 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 8:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.”
Nehemiah 8:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 8:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing. For they had understood the words that were declared to them.”
Nehemiah 8:12 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 8:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then all the people went to eate and to drinke, and to send away part, and to make great ioy, because they had vnderstand the wordes that they had taught them.”
Nehemiah 8:12 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 8:12 in Context — Nehemiah 8
10 Díjoles luego: Id, comed grosuras, y bebed [vino] dulce, y enviad porciones á los que no tienen prevenido; porque día santo es á nuestro Señor: y no os entristezcáis, porque el gozo de Jehová es vuestra fortaleza.
11 Los Levitas pues, hacían callar á todo el pueblo, diciendo: Callad, que es día santo, y no os entristezcáis.
12 Y todo el pueblo se fué á comer y á beber, y á enviar porciones, y á gozar de grande alegría, porque habían entendido las palabras que les habían enseñado.
13 Y el día siguiente se juntaron los príncipes de las familias de todo el pueblo, sacerdotes, y Levitas, á Esdras escriba, para entender las palabras de la ley.
14 Y hallaron escrito en la ley que Jehová había mandado por mano de Moisés, que habitasen los hijos de Israel en cabañas en la solemnidad del mes séptimo;
What Does Nehemiah 8:12 Mean?
Nehemiah 8:12 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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