So I went up by way of the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate and so returned.
Nehemiah 2:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the magistrates knew not where I went or what I did; nor had I yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest who did the work. 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. Common English Bible The officials didn’t know where I had gone or what I was doing. I hadn’t yet told the Jews, the priests, the officials, the officers, or the rest who were to do the work. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone, or what I had done. For I had revealed nothing, even to that point in time, to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the others who were doing the work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the magistrates knew not whither I went, or what I did: neither had I as yet told any thing to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the rest that did the work. |
So I went up by way of the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate and so returned.
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer suffer disgrace.”
God did not lay his hand on the chief men of the Israelites; they beheld God, and they ate and drank.
One who is clever conceals knowledge, but the mind of a fool broadcasts folly.