Nehemiah 2:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; and I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no beast with me but the beast on which I rode.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. No beast was with me except the one I rode.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

Common English Bible

¹² I set out at night, taking only a few people with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God was prompting me to do for Jerusalem, and the only animal I took was the one I rode.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal on which I was sitting.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me, and I told not any man what God had put in my heart to do in Jerusalem; and there was no beast with me, but the beast that I rode upon.

Nehemiah 2:12 Cross References

Ezra 7:27

Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 2:11

So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

Nehemiah 2:13

I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Jackal's Well and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been destroyed by fire.

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they prosper who love you!

Psalm 51:18

Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man conceals his knowledge, but fools proclaim their folly.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Micah 7:5

Put no trust in a neighbor, have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 2:14

And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt,

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Joshua 10:9

So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal.

Revelation 17:17

for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and giving over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

Judges 6:27

So Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.

Judges 9:32

Now therefore, go by night, you and the men that are with you, and lie in wait in the fields.