Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. New Living Translation The merchants and tradesmen with a variety of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice. English Standard Version Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. Berean Standard Bible Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, King James Bible So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. New King James Version Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. New American Standard Bible Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. NASB 1995 Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. NASB 1977 Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. Legacy Standard Bible Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. Amplified Bible So once or twice the merchants and sellers of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. Christian Standard Bible Once or twice the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, Holman Christian Standard Bible Once or twice the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, American Standard Version So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Merchants and Buyers of selling lodged outside of Jerusalem a day or two. Brenton Septuagint Translation So all the merchants lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice. Contemporary English Version Once or twice some merchants spent the night outside Jerusalem with their goods. Douay-Rheims Bible So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice. English Revised Version So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. GOD'S WORD® Translation Once or twice merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. Good News Translation Once or twice merchants who sold all kinds of goods spent Friday night outside the city walls. International Standard Version As a result, the merchants and sellers of all sorts of goods remained outside Jerusalem a couple of times. JPS Tanakh 1917 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. Literal Standard Version And they lodge—the merchants and sellers of all ware—at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice, Majority Standard Bible Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, New American Bible The merchants and sellers of various kinds of merchandise spent the night once or twice outside Jerusalem, NET Bible The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice. New Revised Standard Version Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice. New Heart English Bible So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice. Webster's Bible Translation So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. World English Bible So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice. Young's Literal Translation And they lodge -- the merchants and sellers of all ware -- at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice, Additional Translations ... Context The Sabbath Restored…19When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day. 20Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, 21but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.… Cross References Nehemiah 13:19 When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day. Nehemiah 13:21 but I warned them, "Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you." From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath. Treasury of Scripture So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. Jump to Previous Dealers Goods Jerusalem Kind Kinds Lodged Merchandise Merchants Night Night's Once Outside Rest Sellers Sorts Spent Traders Twice Ware WaresJump to Next Dealers Goods Jerusalem Kind Kinds Lodged Merchandise Merchants Night Night's Once Outside Rest Sellers Sorts Spent Traders Twice Ware WaresNehemiah 13 1. Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.4. Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed. 10. He reforms the offices in the house of God; 15. the violation of the Sabbath; 23. and the marriages with the strange wives. (20) Once or twice.--For a time they lodged outside; the unseemliness of this, and the evidence it gave that they were only waiting to evade the law, made Nehemiah testify in word, and threaten forcible action. This effectually removed the evil.Verse 20. - The merchants lodged without. The merchants could not leave their wares unguarded; and the wares not being admitted into the town, they were obliged to camp out. Thus a crowd was collected about the gates, and a disturbance and excitement caused, which was unsuitable for the sabbath. To prevent this, Nehemiah threatened to arrest the merchants, whereupon the practice was given up (ver. 21). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Onceפַּ֥עַם (pa·‘am) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence or twice, וּשְׁתָּֽיִם׃ (ū·šə·tā·yim) Conjunctive waw | Number - fd Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) the merchants הָרֹכְלִ֜ים (hā·rō·ḵə·lîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7402: To travel for, trading and those who sell וּמֹכְרֵ֧י (ū·mō·ḵə·rê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 4376: To sell all kinds כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every of goods מִמְכָּ֛ר (mim·kār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4465: Merchandise, a selling camped וַיָּלִ֨ינוּ (way·yā·lî·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate outside מִח֥וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors Jerusalem, לִירוּשָׁלִָ֖ם (lî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel Links Nehemiah 13:20 NIVNehemiah 13:20 NLT Nehemiah 13:20 ESV Nehemiah 13:20 NASB Nehemiah 13:20 KJV Nehemiah 13:20 BibleApps.com Nehemiah 13:20 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 13:20 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 13:20 French Bible Nehemiah 13:20 Catholic Bible OT History: Nehemiah 13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all (Neh Ne) |