Nehemiah 8:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And all the people went their way to eat, drink, send portions, and make great rejoicing, for they had understood the words that were declared to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Common English Bible

¹² Then all of the people went to eat and to drink, to send portions, and to have a great celebration, because they understood what had been said to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And so all the people went forth, so that they might eat and drink, and so that they might send portions, and so that they might make a great rejoicing. For they understood the words that he had taught to them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.

Nehemiah 8:12 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:22

and they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Nehemiah 8:11

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.”

Nehemiah 8:13

On the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the law.

Esther 9:22

as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending choice portions to one another and gifts to the poor.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.

Psalm 119:111

Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever; yea, they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, above fine gold.

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of thy words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Psalm 119:14

In the way of thy testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.

Psalm 119:171

My lips will pour forth praise that thou dost teach me thy statutes.

Psalm 119:174

I long for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy law is my delight.

Psalm 119:72

The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Jeremiah 15:16

Thy words were found, and I ate them, and thy words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Luke 24:32

They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?”

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.

Revelation 11:10

and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.