Nehemiah 13:17
15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
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Compare
- BSB
- Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
- KJV
- Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
- WEB
- Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?
- ASV
- Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
- DARBY
- And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?
- BLB
- And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and I said to them, “What [is] this evil thing that you⁺ are doing, and profaning the day of the Sabbath?
- ÅB
- Da gikk jeg i rette med de fornemme i Juda og sa til dem: Hvordan kan dere bære dere så ille at og vanhellige sabbatsdagen?
- OTB
- Jeg irettesatte Judas adelsmenn og sa: "Hva er dette onde dere gjør—vanhelliger sabbatsdagen?
- B1930
- Da gikk jeg i rette med de fornemme i Juda og sa til dem: Hvorledes kan I bære eder så ille at og vanhellige sabbatsdagen?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 13:11
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Read in contextNehemiah 13:25
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:2–23
And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
Read in contextMicah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Read in contextPsalms 82:1–2
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Read in contextMicah 3:1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Read in contextJeremiah 5:5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:18
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
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