20And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.


In Context

17 And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?

18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? And ye will bring more wrath against Israel by profaning the sabbath.

19 And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.

20 And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.

21 And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the sabbath.

22 And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!

Nehemiah 13:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:20Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:20So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20And they lodge — the merchants and sellers of all ware — at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice,