Nehemiah 2:12

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¹⁰ When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

¹¹ So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

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.

¹³ And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

¹⁴ Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

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

Compare

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 hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
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Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
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Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
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Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
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Judges 6:27
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
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Judges 9:32
Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
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James 1:16–17
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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