Nehemiah 2:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ And the deputy rulers did not know where I had gone nor what I had done. Nor had I yet informed the Yehuḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And the magistrates knew not where I went or what I did; nor had I yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest who did the work.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The officials didn’t know where I had gone or what I was doing. I hadn’t yet told the Jews, the priests, the officials, the officers, or the rest who were to do the work.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone, or what I had done. For I had revealed nothing, even to that point in time, to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the others who were doing the work.

Nehemiah 2:16 Cross References

Nehemiah 2:15

And I went up in the night by the wadi, and examined the wall, and turned back, and entered by the Valley Gate, and returned.

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, “You see the evil which we are in, how Yerushalayim lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Yerushalayim, and let us no longer be a reproach.”

Exodus 24:11

Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the chiefs of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Proverbs 12:23

A clever man is concealing knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims folly.