Nehemiah 13:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ Then I remonstrated with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing which you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Then I reproved the nobles of Judah and said, What evil thing is this that you do–profaning the Sabbath day?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ So I scolded the officials of Judah: “What is this evil thing that you are doing?” I asked. “You are making the Sabbath impure!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And I put the nobles of Judah under oath, and I said to them: "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:17 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:11

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

Nehemiah 13:16

Men of Tyre also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of wares and sold them on the sabbath to the people of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 13:25

And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair; and I made them take 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.

Nehemiah 5:7

I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them,

Proverbs 28:4

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

Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the great, and will speak to them; for they know the way of the Lord, the law of their God.” But they all alike had broken the yoke, they had burst the bonds.

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not walk in my statutes but rejected my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. “Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.

Leviticus 19:17

“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him.

Micah 3:1

And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?—

Micah 3:9

Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert all equity,