Nehemiah 2:12

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¹⁰ But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.

¹¹ After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,

I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.

¹³ So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.

¹⁴ Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
KJV: And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
WEB: I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me except the animal that I rode on.
ASV: And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
DARBY: And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.
BLB: And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me, and I did not tell to a man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem, [there was] no beast with me for but the beast that I was riding upon.

ÅB: brøt jeg opp om natten med noen få menn; men jeg hadde ikke nevnt for noe menneske hva min Gud hadde gitt meg i sinne å gjøre for Jerusalem; og jeg hadde ikke andre dyr med meg enn det jeg red på.
OTB: Jeg dro ut om natten med noen få andre. Jeg hadde ikke fortalt noen hva min Gud hadde lagt på mitt hjerte å gjøre for Jerusalem. Det var ingen dyr med meg bortsett fra det jeg red på.
B1930: brøt jeg op om natten med nogen få menn; men jeg hadde ikke nevnt for noget menneske hvad min Gud hadde gitt mig i sinne å gjøre for Jerusalem; og jeg hadde ikke andre dyr med mig enn det jeg red på.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 17:17
For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
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Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
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Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
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Jeremiah 32:40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
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Judges 6:27
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
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Judges 9:32
Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
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James 1:16–17
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
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