Nehemiah 13:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.”
Nehemiah 13:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 13:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 13:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.”
Nehemiah 13:21 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 13:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. ”
Nehemiah 13:21 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 13:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and I testify against them, and say unto them, `Wherefore are ye lodging over-against the wall? if ye repeat <FI>it<Fi> , a hand I put forth upon you;' from that time they have not come in on the sabbath.”
Nehemiah 13:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 13:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the sabbath. ”
Nehemiah 13:21 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 13:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I protested among them, and said vnto them, Why tary ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once againe, I will lay hands vpon you. from that time came they no more on the Sabbath.”
Nehemiah 13:21 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 13:21 in Context — Nehemiah 13
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
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