10I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, and that all the Levites and singers responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.


In Context

7 and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courts of the house of God.

8 I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah's household goods out of the room.

9 I gave orders to purify the rooms, and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense.

10 I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, and that all the Levites and singers responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.

11 So I rebuked the officials and asked them, "Why is the house of God neglected?" Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.

12 All Judah brought the tithes of grain, new wine and oil into the storerooms.

Nehemiah 13:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given [them:] for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that ministered were fled away every man to his own country:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that the Levites and the singers that did the work had fled every one to his field.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, had fled every one to his field.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:10I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled everyone to his field.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:10And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field — the Levites and the singers, doing the work.