Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me. I neither told any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem, nor was there any beast with me except the beast that I rode upon.

New American Standard Bible

And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my mind to do for Jerusalem and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.

King James Version

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

Holman Bible

I got up at night and took a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal I took was the one I was riding.

International Standard Version

Then I got up at night, along with a few men with me. I had not confided to any person what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. Furthermore, there was no other animal with me except for the one I was riding.

American Standard Version

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

Amplified

Then I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting in my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there was no animal with me except the one on which I was riding [so as not to attract attention].

Bible in Basic English

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

Darby Translation

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

Julia Smith Translation

And I shall rise in the night, I and a few men with me; and I announced not to man what my God gave into my heart to do at Jerusalem: and no beast with me but the beast that I rode upon it

King James 2000

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode upon.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I got up during the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anybody what my God put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. No animal [was] with me except the animal that I was riding on.

Modern King James verseion

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me. And I did not tell to a man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal that I rode upon.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I gat me up in the night season, and a few men with me: for I told no man what God had given me in my heart to do at Jerusalem. And there was not one beast with me, save it that I rode upon.

NET Bible

I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one I was riding.

New Heart English Bible

I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.

The Emphasized Bible

Then rose I by night, I, and a few men with me, I having told no man, what, my God, had been putting in my heart, to do for Jerusalem, - and, beast, was there none with me, save the beast on which, I myself, was riding.

Webster

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

World English Bible

I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.

Youngs Literal Translation

and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
in the night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

I and some
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

few
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

men
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

with me neither told
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

I any man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

what my God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

to do

Usage: 0

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

בּהמה 
B@hemah 
Usage: 190

with me, save the beast
בּהמה 
B@hemah 
Usage: 190

References

Fausets

Images Nehemiah 2:12

Prayers for Nehemiah 2:12

Context Readings

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me. I neither told any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem, nor was there any beast with me except the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates of it were consumed with fire.

Cross References

Judges 6:27

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as LORD had spoken to him. And it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

Judges 9:32

Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people who are with thee, and lay in wait in the field.

Ezra 7:27

Blessed be LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of LORD which is in Jerusalem,

Psalm 51:18

Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion. Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper who love thee.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak,

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says LORD: I will give my law{s (LXX/NT)} in their inward parts, and I will write {them (LXX/NT)} in their hearts. And I will be their God, and th

Jeremiah 32:40

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. And I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Micah 7:5

Trust ye not in a neighbor. Put ye not confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lays in thy bosom.

James 1:16-17

Be not led astray, my beloved brothers.

Revelation 17:17

For God gave in their hearts to do his will. Even to do one will, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God would be ended.

Genesis 32:22-24

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

Joshua 10:9

Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly, [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night.

Matthew 2:14

And having awaken, he took the child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks to God who gives the same eagerness for you in the heart of Titus.

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