Nehemiah 2:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then I went up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So I went up the valley at night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and re-entered through the Valley Gate, returning the way I came.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turd back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returd.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then went I up{H5927} in the night{H3915} by the brook,{H5158} and viewed{H7663} the wall;{H2346} and I turned back,{H7725} and entered{H935} by the valley{H1516} gate,{H8179} and so returned.{H7725}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then went I up{H5927}{(H8802)} in the night{H3915} by the brook{H5158}, and viewed{H7663}{(H8802)}{(H8675)}{H7665}{(H8799)} the wall{H2346}, and turned back{H7725}{(H8799)}, and entered{H935}{(H8799)} by the gate{H8179} of the valley{H1516}, and so returned{H7725}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then wete I on in the nighte by the broke syde, & cosidered ye wall, & turned back, & came home agayne to ye valley porte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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 & returned.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then went I on in the night by the brooke side, and considered the wall, and turned backe, and came home againe by the valley port.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then in the night, I went up by the stream, viewing the wall; then turning back, I went in by the door in the valley, and so came back.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 15:23 : 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
  • Jer 31:38-40 : 38 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the corner gate. 39 And the measuring line shall again extend straight to the hill Gareb, and then shall turn toward Goath. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook of Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it shall not be uprooted, nor demolished anymore forever.
  • John 18:1 : 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he entered with his disciples.

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    11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

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    13 And I went out by night through the valley gate, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.

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  • Neh 2:16-18
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    16 And the rulers did not know where I had gone, or what I had done; I had not yet told it to the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the rulers, or the rest who did the work.

    17 Then I said to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.

    18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, and also the king's words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

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    37 And at the Fountain Gate, which was opposite them, they went up by the stairs of the City of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the Water Gate eastward.

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  • Neh 6:10-11
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