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?


In Context

14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.

15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses therewith; 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.

16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought in fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

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

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

19 And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:17And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

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 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?