17And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?


In Context

14 Remember me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my kindnesses, which I have done relating to the house of my God and his ceremonies.

15 In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and lading asses with wine, and grapes, and figs, and all manner of burthens, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. And I charged them that they should sell on a day on which it was lawful to sell.

16 Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who brought fish, and all manner of wares: and they sold them on the sabbaths to the children of Juda in Jerusalem.

17 And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

18 Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel by violating the sabbath.

19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem were at rest on the sabbath day, I spoke: and they shut the gates, and I commanded that they should not open them till after the sabbath: and I set some of my servants at the gates, that none should bring in burthens on the sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing [is] this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:17I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing-desecrating the Sabbath day?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the sabbath day?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:17And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, |What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:17And I strive with the freemen of Judah, and say to them, 'What is this evil thing that ye are doing, and polluting the sabbath-day?