Nehemiah 13:21
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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.but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
In other translations
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.but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
Hebrew words
וָאָעִידָהva'a'idahand I warned !H5749בָהֶםvahem<in> themוָאֹמְרָהva'omerahand I said !H559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413מַדּוּעַmadua'why?H4069אַתֶּם'atem[are] youH859לֵנִיםlenimpassing [the] nightH3885נֶגֶדnegedbeforeH5048הַחוֹמָהhachomahthe wallH2346אִם־'im-ifH518תִּשְׁנוּtishnuyou will do [it] againH8138יָדyada handH3027אֶשְׁלַח'eshlachI will stretch outH7971בָּכֶםbakhemon youמִן־min-fromH4480הָעֵתha'etthe timeH6256הַהִיאhahi'<the> thatH1931לֹא־lo'-notH3808בָאוּva'uthey cameH935בַּשַּׁבָּת׃ סbashabaton the sabbathH7676
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Romans 13:3-43 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval. 4 For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- Ezra 7:26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
- 1 Peter 2:14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
- Nehemiah 13:15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
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