Nehemiah 13:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So I rebuked the officials and asked, "Why is the house of God neglected?" Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why has the house of God been forsaken? And I gathered them together and placed them in their stations.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then contended{H7378} I with the rulers,{H5461} and said,{H559} Why is the house{H1004} of God{H430} forsaken?{H5800} And I gathered them together,{H6908} and set{H5975} them in their place.{H5977}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then contended{H7378}{(H8799)} I with the rulers{H5461}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Why is the house{H1004} of God{H430} forsaken{H5800}{(H8738)}? And I gathered them together{H6908}{(H8762)}, and set{H5975}{(H8686)} them in their place{H5977}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then reproued I the rulers, and sayde: Why forsake we the house of God? But I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then reproued I the rulers and sayd, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I assembled them, and set them in their place.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then reproued I the rulers, and sayd: Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I strive with the prefects, and say, `Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?' and I gather them, and set them on their station;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking,“Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 10:39 : 39 A priest, a descendant of Aaron, will accompany the Levites when they collect the tithes, and they will bring a tenth of the collected tithes to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the treasury.
  • Neh 13:17 : 17 I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
  • Neh 13:25 : 25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'
  • Job 31:34 : 34 because I so feared the crowd and the contempt of clans terrified me that I kept silent and would not go outside—
  • Prov 28:4 : 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
  • Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you ask, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord of Hosts, and see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will rebuke the devourer for your sake, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your ground. Your vine in the field will not fail to bear fruit, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • 1 Sam 2:17 : 17 So the sin of the young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
  • Neh 5:6-9 : 6 When I heard their outcry and these words, I became extremely angry. 7 I took counsel with myself, and then I confronted the nobles and officials, saying to them, 'You are exacting interest from your own people!' So I called together a large assembly to deal with them. 8 I said to them, 'We have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations, as much as we were able. Now, you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!' They stayed silent, unable to say a word. 9 Then I said, 'What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of the nations, our enemies?' 10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending money and grain, but let us stop charging interest on them. 11 Return to them this very day their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, as well as the interest you are charging them—on the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil. 12 'We will give it back,' they responded, 'and we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.' Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised. 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, 'May God likewise shake out every man who does not uphold this promise from his home and his possessions. Let him be shaken out and left empty!' The entire assembly said, 'Amen,' and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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    4 verses
    81%

    7 I returned to Jerusalem and understood the evil thing that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

    8 I was greatly displeased, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household belongings out of the room.

    9 Then I ordered the rooms to be purified, and I brought back the articles of the house of God, along with the grain offerings and the incense.

    10 I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, and that the Levites and singers responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.

  • Neh 13:17
    77%

    17 I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

  • Neh 13:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

    30 Thus I purified them from everything foreign and assigned duties to the priests and Levites, each to his task.

  • Neh 13:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21 But I warned them and said, "Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will lay hands on you." From that time on, they did not come on the Sabbath.

    22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me also for this, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

  • Neh 13:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12 All Judah then brought the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil into the storerooms.

    13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and as their assistant, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing to their kinsmen.

    14 Remember me, my God, for this, and do not erase the good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and its services.

  • Neh 5:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 When I heard their outcry and these words, I became extremely angry.

    7 I took counsel with myself, and then I confronted the nobles and officials, saying to them, 'You are exacting interest from your own people!' So I called together a large assembly to deal with them.

  • Neh 13:5
    73%

    5 He had provided Tobiah with a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, incense, temple articles, tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were prescribed for the Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

  • Neh 12:40
    73%

    40 The two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me.

  • Neh 7:1
    73%

    1 When the wall was completed and I had set up the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

  • Neh 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or any others who would be doing the work.

    17 Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates have been burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace."

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    72%

    13 The workers diligently carried out their tasks, and the restoration of the temple made steady progress under their hands. They rebuilt the house of God according to its original design and strengthened it.

  • Ezra 8:15
    72%

    15 I gathered them at the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed the people and the priests, but I found no Levites there.

  • Ezra 5:9
    71%

    9 'Then we asked those elders, and we said to them, "Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?"'

  • 2 Chr 24:5
    71%

    5 He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect from all Israel money to repair the house of your God annually. Hurry and do this task." But the Levites did not act quickly.

  • Neh 4:13
    71%

    13 So I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, 'The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from one another along the wall.'

  • Ezra 8:24
    71%

    24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.

  • 2 Kgs 12:11
    71%

    11 Whenever they saw there was a lot of money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest would come, count the money that had been brought to the temple of the LORD, and put it into bags.

  • Ezra 1:5
    71%

    5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—rose to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 5:16
    71%

    16 Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. We did not acquire any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

  • Neh 1:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 They said to me, 'Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.'

    4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned, fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.

  • Neh 5:13
    71%

    13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, 'May God likewise shake out every man who does not uphold this promise from his home and his possessions. Let him be shaken out and left empty!' The entire assembly said, 'Amen,' and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

  • Ezra 9:4
    71%

    4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered around me as I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.

  • Neh 10:39
    70%

    39 A priest, a descendant of Aaron, will accompany the Levites when they collect the tithes, and they will bring a tenth of the collected tithes to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the treasury.

  • Ezra 6:7
    70%

    7 Leave the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

  • Jer 7:11
    70%

    11 Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD.

  • Hag 1:9
    70%

    9 You expected much, but it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew it away. Why?” declares the LORD of Hosts. “Because My house remains in ruins, while each of you is busy with your own house.

  • 2 Kgs 12:14
    70%

    14 However, no silver basins, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any gold or silver vessels were made from the money brought to the temple of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 29:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, and he gathered them in the open square on the east.

    5 He said to them, 'Listen to me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and remove the impurity from the holy place.'

  • 2 Chr 29:15
    70%

    15 They gathered their fellow Levites, consecrated themselves, and went in as the king commanded, in accordance with the words of the LORD, to purify the house of the LORD.

  • Neh 11:16
    70%

    16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the house of God.

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    70%

    10 They gave it into the hands of the supervisors of the work being done on the house of the LORD, who then gave it to the workmen repairing and restoring the temple.

  • Neh 13:25
    70%

    25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'

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    17 I sent orders to Iddo, the leader in the place called Casiphia, and I instructed him and his relatives, who were the temple servants in Casiphia, to bring us ministers for the house of our God.

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    14 Let our leaders act on behalf of the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, along with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God regarding this matter is turned away from us.

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    1 When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were in their cities, the people gathered together as one in Jerusalem.

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    1 The king sent messengers, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

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    15 But I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they added to the harm.