Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Then passed I over unto the fountain-gate, and unto the pool of the king, - but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
New American Standard Bible
Then I passed on to
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
I went on to the Fountain Gate
International Standard Version
I proceeded to the Fountain Gate, and then to the King's Pool, but there wasn't sufficient clearance for the animal I was riding to pass.
A Conservative Version
Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool, but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
American Standard Version
Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
Amplified
Then I passed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no place for the animal that I was riding to pass.
Bible in Basic English
Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.
Darby Translation
And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall pass over to the gate of the fountain and pool of the king: and not a place for the beast under me to pass.
King James 2000
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I crossed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no place for {my mount} to cross over.
Modern King James verseion
And I went on to the Fountain Gate, and to the King's Pool. But there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I went over unto the well port, and to the king's conduit; and there was no room for my beast, that it could go under me.
NET Bible
I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King's Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.
New Heart English Bible
Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,
Themes
hezekiah » King of judah » Conducts the gihon brook into jerusalem
Jerusalem » Water supply brought in from the gihon brook by hezekiah
Jerusalem » Gate of the fountain
Pools and ponds » Mentioned in scripture » The king's pool
Prudence » Instances of » Nehemiah, in conduct of affairs at jerusalem
Walls » Of cities » Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 2:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls
13 So I went forth through the valley-gate by night, even unto the front of the snake-fountain, and into the dung-gate, - and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, how, they, were broken down, and, the gates thereof, consumed with fire. 14 Then passed I over unto the fountain-gate, and unto the pool of the king, - but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the torrent-bed, by night, and viewed the wall, - and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate, and so returned.
Names
Cross References
Nehemiah 3:15
And, the fountain-gate, did Shallun son of Col-hozeh ruler of the circuit of Mizpah, repair, he, built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, - also the wall of the pool of Shelah, by the garden of the king, even as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David;
2 Kings 20:20
Now, the rest of the story of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool and an aqueduct, and brought water into the city, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
2 Kings 18:17
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh, from Lachish unto King Hezekiah, with a heavy force to Jerusalem, - so they came up and drew near to Jerusalem, and took their stand by the upper channel of the pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
2 Chronicles 32:30
And, the same Hezekiah, stopped up the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down the west side of the city of David, - and Hezekiah prospered in all his work.