Nehemiah 13:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.”
Nehemiah 13:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 13:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 13:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.”
Nehemiah 13:2 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 13:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. ”
Nehemiah 13:2 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 13:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing.”
Nehemiah 13:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 13:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but ourGod turned the curse into blessing. ”
Nehemiah 13:2 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 13:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.”
Nehemiah 13:2 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 13:2 in Context — Nehemiah 13
1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
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What Does Nehemiah 13:2 Mean?
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