11So 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.


In Context

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.

13 I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a Levite named Pedaiah in charge of the storerooms and made Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, their assistant, because these men were considered trustworthy. They were made responsible for distributing the supplies to their brothers.

Nehemiah 13:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:11And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I made them to stand in their places.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? and I assembled them, and set them in their place.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11Then I contended with the rulers, and said, |Why is the house of God forsaken?| I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11And I strive with the prefects, and say, 'Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?' and I gather them, and set them on their station;