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.
Nehemiah 2:12 in other translations
| BSB | I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding. |
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| WEB | I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me except the animal that I rode on. |
| ASV | And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. |
| YLT | and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding. |
| DARBY | And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me — but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem — and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon. |
| BBE | And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Nehemiah 2:12 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].
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.
Nehemiah 2:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 2:12
- Revelation 17:17
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
- Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:
- Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- 2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
- Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
- Judges 6:27
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
- Judges 9:32
Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
- James 1:16-17
Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Psalms 51:18
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
- Psalms 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
- Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 32:22-24; Jos 10:9; Jud 6:27; 9:32; Mt 2:14
neither.
Ec 3:7; Am 5:13; Mic 7:5; Mt 10:16
my God.This pious and noble-minded man attributes every thing to God. If he purposed any good, it was because God put it into his heart; if he did or received any good, it was because the good hand of his God was upon him; if he expected any good, it was because he earnestly prayed God to remember him for good.
Ezr 7:27; Ps 51:18; 122:6; Jer 31:33; 32:40; 2Co 8:16; Jas 1:16,17
Re 17:17
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Context
- 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.
- Nehemiah 2:13
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Nehemiah 2:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Levantéme de noche, yo y unos pocos varones conmigo, y no declaré á hombre alguno lo que Dios había puesto en mi corazón que hiciese en Jerusalem; ni había bestia conmigo, excepto la cabalgadura en que cabalgaba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je me levai de nuit, moi et le peu d’hommes qui étaient avec moi, – et je n’avais informé personne de ce que mon Dieu m’avait mis au cœur de faire pour Jérusalem – et je n’avais pas de bête avec moi, sinon la bête que je montais. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich machte mich des Nachts auf, ich und wenige Männer mit mir; ich hatte aber keinem Menschen kundgetan, was mein Gott mir ins Herz gegeben, für Jerusalem zu tun; und kein Tier war bei mir, außer dem Tiere, auf welchem ich ritt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et surrexi nocte ego, et viri pauci mecum, et non indicavi cuiquam quid Deus dedisset in corde meo ut facerem in Jerusalem: et jumentum non erat mecum, nisi animal cui sedebam. |