15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.


In Context

12 I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.

13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.

14 Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.

15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

16 The rulers didn't know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.

17 Then I said to them, |You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won't be disgraced.|

Nehemiah 2:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and [so] returned.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:15so I went up the valley by night, examining the wall. Finally, I turned back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And I went up in the night by the torrent, and viewed the wall, and going back I came to the gate of the valley, and returned.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Then I went up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.