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;


In Context

8 and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,

9 and I speak, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back thither the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.

10 And 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.

11 And 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;

12 and all Judah have brought in the tithe of the corn, and of the new wine, and of the oil, to the treasuries.

13 And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and by their hand is Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for stedfast they have been reckoned, and on them it is to give a portion to their brethren.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:11So 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.

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.