NEH 13:17 Parallel Verse View

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BrTr And I strove with the free children of Juda, and said to them, What is this evil thing which ye do, and profane the sabbath-day?

ULT And I contended with the nobles of Judah. And I said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, and profaning the day of the sabbath?

UST So I rebuked the Jewish leading citizens. I said to them, “This is a very evil thing that you are doing! You are making the Sabbath day into something God never wanted it to be.

BSB § Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

OEB Then I contented with the nobles of Judah and said to them, ’What evil thing is this that you are doing, and thereby profaning the sabbbath?

WEBBE Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

LSV And I strive with the nobles of Judah, and say to them, “What [is] this evil thing that you are doing, and defiling the Sabbath day?

FBV Some people from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of things and they were selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.

T4T So I rebuked the Jewish leaders and told them, “This is [RHQ] a very evil thing that you are doing! You are causing the Sabbath days to be unholy.

LEB So I quarreled with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the day of the Sabbath?

BBE Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?

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JPS 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?

ASV 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?

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

YLT And 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?

Drby And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?

RV 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?

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

KJB-1769 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?
(Then I contended with the nobles of Yudah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye/you_all do, and profane the sabbath day? )

KJB-1611 Then I contended with the Nobles of Iudah, and sayd vnto them, What euill thing is this that ye doe, and profane the Sabbath day?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda, & sayd vnto them: What euyl thing is this that ye do, & breake the Sabbath day?
(Then reproved I the rulers in Yudah, and said unto them: What euyl thing is this that ye/you_all do, and break the Sabbath day?)

Gnva Then reprooued I the rulers of Iudah, and sayd vnto them, What euil thing is this that yee doe, and breake the Sabbath day?
(Then reprooued I the rulers of Yudah, and said unto them, What euil thing is this that ye/you_all do, and break the Sabbath day? )

Cvdl Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda, and saide vnto them: What euell thinge is this that ye do, and breake the Sabbath daye?
(Then reproved I the rulers in Yudah, and said unto them: What evil thing is this that ye/you_all do, and break the Sabbath daye?)

Wycl And Y rebuykide the principal men of Juda, and Y seide to hem, What is this yuel thing which ye doen, and maken vnhooli the daie of the sabat?
(And I rebuykide the principal men of Yudah, and I said to them, What is this evil thing which ye/you_all doen, and maken unhooli the day of the sabbath?)

Luth Da schalt ich die Obersten in Juda und sprach zu ihnen: Was ist das für ein böses Ding, das ihr tut, und brechet den Sabbattag?
(So schalt I the Obersten in Yuda and spoke to to_them: What is the for a böses Ding, the you/their/her tut, and brechet the Sabbattag?)

ClVg Et objurgavi optimates Juda, et dixi eis: Quæ est hæc res mala quam vos facitis, et profanatis diem sabbati?
(And obyurgavi optimates Yuda, and dixi eis: Quæ it_is these_things res mala how you facitis, and profanatis diem sabbati? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וָ⁠אָרִ֕יבָ⁠ה

and,rebuked,

In this context, the conjunction And indicates that the sentence it introduces explains something that happened as a result of what the previous sentence described. Alternate translation: “So”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וָ⁠אָרִ֕יבָ⁠ה אֵ֖ת חֹרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה

and,rebuked, DOM nobles Yehuda

As in 5:7 and 13:11, contended is a technical term that describes a public accusation that requires the defendants to answer for themselves in the presence of their fellow citizens. Alternate translation: “Then I called the leading citizens of Judah to account publicly for what they had allowed”

חֹרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה

nobles Yehuda

See how you translated this term in 2:16. Alternate translation: “the leading citizens of Judah”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וָ⁠אֹמְרָ֣⁠ה לָ⁠הֶ֗ם

and,said, to/for=them

The implication in context is that what Nehemiah said was an accusation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that indicates this. Alternate translation: “I demanded to know”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מָֽה־הַ⁠דָּבָ֨ר הָ⁠רָ֤ע הַ⁠זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים וּֽ⁠מְחַלְּלִ֖ים אֶת־י֥וֹם הַ⁠שַּׁבָּֽת

what the,thing the,evil the=this which/who you_all doing and,profaning DOM day the,sabbath

Nehemiah is using the question form for emphasis in order to scold the leaders of Judah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate what he says as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “You are doing an evil thing by treating the Sabbath day like any other day”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

וּֽ⁠מְחַלְּלִ֖ים אֶת־י֥וֹם הַ⁠שַּׁבָּֽת

and,profaning DOM day the,sabbath

To profane something means to treat something that should be holy, set apart for a special purpose, as if it were something ordinary or common, just like anything else. Alternate translation: “treating the Sabbath day like any other day”

Parallel NEH 13:17