Nehemiah 2:16

A Conservative Version

And the rulers did not know where I went, or what I did, neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the ranking men, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:15

Then I went up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall. And I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, Ye see the evil condition that we are in, how Jerusalem lays waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem that we be no more a reproach.

Exodus 24:11

And he laid not his hand upon the nobles of the sons of Israel. And they beheld God, and ate and drank.

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.