Nehemiah 2:15
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.
Nehemiah 2:15 in other translations
| BSB | so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate. |
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| WEB | Then I went up in the night by the brook and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | Then I went 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. |
What does Nehemiah 2:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 2:13-15
13-15. I went out by night by the gate of the valley--that is, the Jaffa gate, near the tower of Hippicus. even before the dragon well--that is, fountain on the opposite side of the valley. and to the dung port--the gate on the east of the city, through which there ran a common sewer to the brook Kedron and the valley of Hinnom.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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.
Nehemiah 2:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 2:15
- 2 Samuel 15:23
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.
- Jeremiah 31:38-40
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
- John 18:1
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 15:23; Jer 31:38-40; Joh 18:1
the gate.The gate leading to the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of the city, through which the brook Kidron flows. It was by this gate he went out; so that he went round the whole of the city, and entered by the same gate.
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Context
- Nehemiah 2:14
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
- Nehemiah 2:15
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.
- Nehemiah 2:16
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Nehemiah 2:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y subí por el torrente de noche, y consideré el muro, y regresando entré por la puerta del Valle, y volvíme. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je montai de nuit par le torrent, et je considérai la muraille; et je m’en revins, et entrai par la porte de la vallée, et je m’en retournai. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich zog des Nachts das Tal hinauf und besichtigte die Mauer; und ich kam wieder durch das Taltor herein und kehrte zurück. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ascendi per torrentem nocte, et considerabam murum, et reversus veni ad portam vallis, et redii. |