Nehemiah 8:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² And all the people went to eat and to drink, and to send portions and make a great rejoicing, because they understood the words that were made known 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.

Nehemiah 8:12 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:22

And they ate and drank before יהוה  with great joy on that day. And they set up Shelomoh son of Dawiḏ

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom none is prepared. For this day is set-apart to our יהוה. Do not be sad, for the joy of יהוה  is your strength.”

Nehemiah 8:11

And the Lĕ

Nehemiah 8:13

And on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Lĕ

Esther 9:22

as the days on which the Yehuḏ

Job 23:12

I have not strayed from the command of His lips. I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily portion.

Psalm 119:111

Your witnesses are my inheritance forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I have loved Your commands More than gold, even fine gold!

Psalm 119:130

The opening up of Your words gives light, Giving understanding to the simple.

Psalm 119:14

I have rejoiced in the way of Your witnesses, As over all riches.

Psalm 119:16

I delight myself in Your laws; I do not forget Your word.

Psalm 119:171

My lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your laws.

Psalm 119:174

I have longed for Your deliverance, O יהוה, And Your Torah is my delight.

Psalm 119:72

The Torah of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Psalm 119:97

O how I love Your Torah! It is my study all day long.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. For Your Name is called on me, O יהוה  Elohim of hosts.

Luke 24:32

And they said to each other, “Was not our heart burning within us as He was speaking to us on the way, and as He was opening the Scriptures to us?”

Romans 7:18

For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, dwells no good. For to wish is present with me, but to work the good I do not find.

Revelation 11:10

and those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them and exult. And they shall send gifts to each other, because these two prophets tortured those dwelling on the earth.