Nehemiah 2:15

In 11 translations

BSB

so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

KJV

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.

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.

LSV

and I am going up through the brook by night, and am inspecting the wall, and turn back, and come in through the Valley Gate, and turn back.

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.

DBY

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.

DRC

And I went up in the night by the torrent, and viewed the wall, and going back I came to the gate of the valley, and returned.

GNV

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 and returned.

JPS

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

LXXE

And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.

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WLC

וָאֱהִ֨י עֹלֶ֤ה בַנַּ֨חַל֙ לַ֔יְלָה וָאֱהִ֥י שֹׂבֵ֖ר בַּחוֹמָ֑ה וָאָשׁ֗וּב וָאָב֛וֹא בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַגַּ֖יְא וָאָשֽׁוּב׃

LXX-Br12:15

Καὶ ἤμην ἀναβαίνων ἐν τῷ τείχει χειμάῤῥου νυκτός, καὶ ἤμην συντρίβων ἐν τῷ τείχει, καὶ ἤμην ἐν πύλῃ τῆς φάραγγος, καὶ ἐπέστρεψα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Samuel 15:23Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
• Jeremiah 31:38–40“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn…
• John 18:1After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

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