Nehemiah 2:16
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;
15 so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.
17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did. I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not 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.
- BLB
- And the prefects did not know where I had gone or what I had done. And to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, even yet I had not told [it].
- ÅB
- Forstanderne visste ikke hvor jeg hadde vært, og hva jeg tok meg fore; for jeg hadde enda ikke nevnt noe om det for jødene eller prestene eller de fornemme eller forstanderne eller de andre, som skulle utføre arbeidet.
- OTB
- Embetsmennene visste ikke hvor jeg hadde gått eller hva jeg gjorde, for ennå hadde jeg ikke sagt noe til jødene, prestene, adelsmennene, embetsmennene eller de andre som skulle utføre arbeidet.
- B1930
- Forstanderne visste ikke hvor jeg hadde vært, og hvad jeg tok mig fore; for jeg hadde ennu ikke nevnt noget om det for jødene eller prestene eller de fornemme eller forstanderne eller de andre, som skulde utføre arbeidet.