Nehemiah 2 · Verse 11

Nehemiah 2:11

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Nehemiah 2:11, King James Version

Nehemiah 2:11 in other translations

BSBAfter I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,
WEBSo I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
ASVSo I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
YLTAnd I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,
DARBYAnd I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
BBESo I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
WebsterSo I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

What does Nehemiah 2:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 2:11-12
11-12. So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days--Deeply affected with the desolations of Jerusalem, and uncertain what course to follow, he remained three days before informing any one of the object of his mission [Ne 2:17, 18]. At the end of the third day, accompanied with a few attendants, he made, under covert of night, a secret survey of the walls and gates [Ne 2:13-15].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 2:9-18

When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does not undertake to do it without them. By stirring up ourselves and one another to that which is good, we strengthen ourselves and one another for it. We are weak in our duty, when we are cold and careless.

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Nehemiah 2:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאָב֖וֹאva.'a.Vo'and I cameH935
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
וָאֱהִי\־va.'e.hi-and I wasH1961
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033
יָמִ֥יםya.MimdaysH3117
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה\׃she.lo.ShahthreeH7969

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Cross references for Nehemiah 2:11

  • Ezra 8:32

    And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 2:10

    When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

  • Nehemiah 2:11

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

  • Nehemiah 2:12

    And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

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Nehemiah 2:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Llegué pues á Jerusalem, y estado que hube allí tres días,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et j’arrivai à Jérusalem, et je fus là trois jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich kam nach Jerusalem und war daselbst drei Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et veni Jerusalem, et eram ibi tribus diebus.