Nehemiah 13:20
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Nehemiah 13:20 in other translations
| BSB | Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, |
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| WEB | So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice. |
| ASV | So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. |
| YLT | And they lodge--the merchants and sellers of all ware--at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice, |
| DARBY | And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice. |
| BBE | So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice. |
| Webster | So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. |
What does Nehemiah 13:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 13:15-22
Ne 13:15-31. The Violation of the Sabbath. 15-22. In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath--The cessation of the temple services had been necessarily followed by a public profanation of the Sabbath, and this had gone so far that labor was carried on in the fields, and fish brought to the markets on the sacred day. Nehemiah took the decisive step of ordering the city gates to be shut…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 13:15-22
The keeping holy the Lord's day forms an important object for their attention who would promote true godliness. Religion never prospers while sabbaths are trodden under foot. No wonder there was a general decay of religion, and corruption of manners among the Jews, when they forsook the sanctuary and profaned the sabbath. Those little consider what an evil they do, who profane the sabbath. We must answer for the…
Nehemiah 13:20 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Nehemiah 13:19
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
- Nehemiah 13:20
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
- Nehemiah 13:21
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
Nehemiah 13:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y quedáronse fuera de Jerusalem una y dos veces los negociantes, y los que vendían toda especie de mercancía. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les marchands et les vendeurs de toutes sortes de marchandises passèrent la nuit hors de Jérusalem, une et deux fois; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da übernachteten die Krämer und die Verkäufer von allerlei Ware draußen vor Jerusalem einmal und zweimal. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et manserunt negotiatores, et vendentes universa venalia, foris Jerusalem semel et bis. |