Nehemiah 2:16
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.
15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
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.
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress 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.
18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for 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.