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 E disse-lhes mais: Ide, comei gorduras, e bebei doçuras, e enviai porções aos que não têm preparado; porque este é um dia consagrado ao nosso Senhor; portanto não vos entristeçais, porque a alegria do SENHOR é vossa força.
11 E os levitas faziam todo o povo ficar calado, dizendo: Calai-vos, que é dia santo, e não vos entristeçais.
12 Então todo o povo foi embora para comer, beber, enviar porções, e celebrar alegremente, porque entenderam as palavras que lhes haviam ensinado.
13 E no dia seguinte se juntaram os líderes das famílias de todo o povo, os sacerdotes, os levitas, o e o escriba Esdras, para estudarem as palavras da lei.
14 E acharam escrito na lei que o SENHOR havia mandado por meio de Moisés, que os filhos de Israel habitassem em tendas na solenidade do mês sétimo;
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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