Nehemiah 2:16

Modern English Version

The officials did not know where I went or what I did, since I had not yet told it to the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or to any of the others who would do the work.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:15

By going up along the riverbed at night, I inspected the wall. Then I turned back so that I could enter by the Valley Gate, and then came back again.

Nehemiah 2:17

Finally, I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem is devastated and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no more be a reproach.”

Exodus 24:11

He did not lay His hand upon the nobles of the Israelites. Also they saw God, and they ate and they drank.

Proverbs 12:23

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