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Complete Jewish Bible

Nehemiah 13:20

The merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Yerushalayim once or twice,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Harvest;   Merchant;   Sabbath;   Traffic;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Merchants;   Nehemiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sabbath, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;   Time;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Sabbath;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Malachi;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Festivals;   Fish Gate;   Merchant;   Nehemiah;   Sabbath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nehemiah, Book of;   Trade and Commerce;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sabbath;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Nehemiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Buying;   Commerce;   Sabbath;   Sanctification;   Wares;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commerce;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Once or twice the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,
Hebrew Names Version
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged outside of Yerushalayim once or twice.
King James Version
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
English Standard Version
Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
New Century Version
Once or twice traders and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem.
New English Translation
The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Amplified Bible
So once or twice the merchants and sellers of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem.
World English Bible
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the chapmen and marchants of al marchandise remained once or twise all night without Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,
Contemporary English Version
Once or twice some merchants spent the night outside Jerusalem with their goods.
Darby Translation
And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.
Easy-to-Read Version
One or two times, traders and merchants had to stay the night outside Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
So the merchants and the sellers of all kinds of merchandise lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Good News Translation
Once or twice merchants who sold all kinds of goods spent Friday night outside the city walls.
Lexham English Bible
So the merchants and the sellers of merchandise spent the night outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
Literal Translation
And the merchants and sellers of all the wares stayed the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyce ouer nighte without Ierusalem with all maner of wares.
American Standard Version
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Bible in Basic English
So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyse ouer night without Hierusalem with all maner of wares.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
King James Version (1611)
So the merchants, and sellers of all kinde of ware, lodged without Ierusalem once or twice.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So all the merchants lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice.
English Revised Version
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And marchauntis, and men sillinge alle thingis set to sale dwelliden with out Jerusalem onys and twies.
Update Bible Version
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Webster's Bible Translation
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
New King James Version
Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
New Living Translation
The merchants and tradesmen with a variety of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice.
New Life Bible
Once or twice the traders and sellers stayed the night outside Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But the traders and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem, once or twice.
Revised Standard Version
Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Young's Literal Translation
And they lodge -- the merchants and sellers of all ware -- at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice,
THE MESSAGE
Traders and dealers in various goods camped outside the gates once or twice. But I took them to task. I said, "You have no business camping out here by the wall. If I find you here again, I'll use force to drive you off." And that did it; they didn't come back on the Sabbath.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

15 During this time I saw in Y'hudah some people who were treading winepresses on Shabbat, also bringing in heaps of grain and loading donkeys with it, likewise wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads; and they were bringing them into Yerushalayim on the day of Shabbat. On the day when they were planning to sell the food, I warned them not to. 16 There were also living there people from Tzor who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on Shabbat to the people in Y'hudah and even in Yerushalayim. 17 I disputed with the nobles of Y'hudah, demanding of them, "What is this terrible thing you are doing, profaning the day of Shabbat? 18 Didn't your ancestors do this, and didn't our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you are bringing still more fury against Isra'el by profaning Shabbat!" 19 So when the gates of Yerushalayim began to grow dark before Shabbat, I ordered that the doors be shut; and I ordered that they not be reopened until after Shabbat. I put some of my servants in charge of the gates, to see to it that no loads be brought in on Shabbat. 20 The merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Yerushalayim once or twice, 21 until I warned them, "Why are you spending the night by the wall? Do it again, and I'll use force against you!" From then on they stopped coming on Shabbat. 22 Then I ordered the L'vi'im to purify themselves and come and guard the gates, in order to keep the day of Shabbat holy. My God, remember this too for me, and have mercy on me in keeping with the greatness of your grace!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware,.... The Tyrians particularly, Nehemiah 13:16 lodged without Jerusalem once or twice; one sabbath day or two, not being able to get into the city, such strict watch and care being taken to keep the gates shut; this they did, hoping the Jews would come out to them and buy their goods, though they were not admitted to bring them within the city.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 20. So the merchants - lodged without Jerusalem — They exposed their wares for sale on the outside of the walls.


 
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