so I went up the valley by night, examining the wall. Finally, I turned back and returned to the Valley Gate.
Nehemiah 2:16 - Tree of Life Version The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, but as yet I had not told the Jews, the kohanim, the nobles, the officials or the rest of the workers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the magistrates knew not whither I went, or what I did: neither had I as yet told any thing to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the rest that did the work. |
so I went up the valley by night, examining the wall. Finally, I turned back and returned to the Valley Gate.
Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation we are in: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates have been burnt. Come! Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
Yet He did not raise His hand against the nobles of Bnei-Yisrael. So they beheld God, and ate and drank.
A clever person conceals his knowledge, but the heart of a fool blurts out folly.