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 Ils leur dirent: Allez, mangez des viandes grasses et buvez des liqueurs douces, et envoyez des portions à ceux qui n’ont rien de préparé, car ce jour est consacré à notre Seigneur; ne vous affligez pas, car la joie de l’Éternel sera votre force.
11 Les Lévites calmaient tout le peuple, en disant: Taisez-vous, car ce jour est saint; ne vous affligez pas!
12 Et tout le peuple s’en alla pour manger et boire, pour envoyer des portions, et pour se livrer à de grandes réjouissances. Car ils avaient compris les paroles qu’on leur avait expliquées.
13 Le second jour, les chefs de famille de tout le peuple, les sacrificateurs et les Lévites, s’assemblèrent auprès d’Esdras, le scribe, pour entendre l’explication des paroles de la loi.
14 Et ils trouvèrent écrit dans la loi que l’Éternel avait prescrite par Moïse, que les enfants d’Israël devaient habiter sous des tentes pendant la fête du septième mois,
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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