Nehemiah 2:16

Nehemiah chapter 2 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

v.16This passage

v.17Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.