Nehemiah 13:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ So I contended with the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their stations.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Then I contended with the officials and said, Why is the house of God neglected and forsaken? I gathered the Levites and singers and set them in their stations.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Common English Bible

¹¹ So I scolded the officials, asking, “Why is God’s house being neglected?” I gathered them together and set them in their stations.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And I brought the case before the magistrates, and I said, "Why have we forsaken the house of God?" And I gathered them together, and I caused them to stand at their stations.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I made them to stand in their places.

Nehemiah 13:11 Cross References

Nehemiah 10:39

For the Israelites and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the storerooms where the vessels of the sanctuary are and where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are. We will not neglect the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:25

And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of the men and pulled out their hair, and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Job 31:34

because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence and did not go out of doors—

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them.

1 Samuel 2:17

Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for they treated the offerings of the Lord with contempt.