Nehemiah 2:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 2:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 2:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 2:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then I went up in the night by the brook and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.”
Nehemiah 2:15 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 2:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned. ”
Nehemiah 2:15 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.”
Nehemiah 2:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 2:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned. ”
Nehemiah 2:15 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 2:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then went I vp in ye night by the brooke, and viewed the wall, and turned backe, and comming backe, I entred by the gate of the valley and returned.”
Nehemiah 2:15 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 2:15 in Context — Nehemiah 2
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.
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.
16 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.
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What Does Nehemiah 2:15 Mean?
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