Nehemiah 2:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ And next to him the men of Jericho built: and next to them built Zachur the son of Amri.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Then I said to them, You see the bad situation we are in–how Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a disgrace.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ So I said to them, “You see the trouble that we’re in: Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are destroyed by fire! Come, let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we won’t continue to be in disgrace.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And so I said to them: "You know the affliction in which we are, because Jerusalem is desolate, and its gates have been consumed by fire. Come, and let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and let us no longer be in disgrace."

Nehemiah 2:17 Cross References

Ezra 9:9

4 That we should not turn away, nor break thy commandments, nor join in marriage with the people of these abominations. Art thou angry with us unto utter destruction, not to leave us a remnant to be saved?

Nehemiah 1:3

Remember the word that thou commandedst to Moses thy servant, saying: If you shall transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

Nehemiah 2:13

8 And I shewed them how the hand of my God was good with me, and the king's words, which he had spoken to me, and I said: Let us rise up, and build. And their hands were strengthened in good.

Nehemiah 2:16

Then Eliasib the high priest arose, and his brethren the priests, and they built the flock gate: they sanctified it, and set up the doors thereof, even unto the tower of a hundred cubits they sanctified it unto the tower of Hananeel.

Nehemiah 3:15

0 After him in the mount Baruch the son of Zachai built another measure, from the corner to the door of the house of Eliasib the high priest.

Psalm 102:15

2 When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.

Psalm 44:13

0 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us.

Psalm 44:14

1 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god :

Psalm 79:12

Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

Psalm 79:4

1 let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee. According to the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them that have been put to death.

Jeremiah 24:9

And you have not heard me, saith the Lord, that you might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own hurt.

Lamentations 2:2

0 Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 3:51

9 Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.

Ezekiel 5:14

And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before your idols: and I will scatter Sour bones round about your altars,

Micah 7:11

9 He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

1 Samuel 11:2

And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by messengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the people, and they went out as one man.