Nehemiah 2:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.”
Nehemiah 2:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did. I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.”
Nehemiah 2:16 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.”
Nehemiah 2:16 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, hitherto I have not declared <FI>it<Fi> ;”
Nehemiah 2:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.”
Nehemiah 2:16 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the rulers knewe not whither I was gone, nor what I did, neither did I as yet tell it vnto the Iewes, nor to the Priestes, nor to the noble men, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that laboured in the worke.”
Nehemiah 2:16 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:16 in Context — Nehemiah 2
14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
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What Does Nehemiah 2:16 Mean?
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