Nehemiah 2:14

Complete Jewish Bible

Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but farther down it became too narrow for my animal to go through.

Hebrew Names Version
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.

King James Version
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

English Standard Version
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.

New Century Version
Then I rode on toward the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was not enough room for the animal I was riding to pass through.

New English Translation
I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King's Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.

Amplified Bible
Then I passed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no place for the animal that I was riding to pass.

New American Standard Bible
Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount to pass.

World English Bible
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I went foorth vnto the gate of the fountaine, and to the Kings fishpoole, and there was no rowme for the beast that was vnder me to passe.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then I passed on to the Spring Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for my animal to pass.

Berean Standard Bible
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

Contemporary English Version
On the east side of the city, I headed north to Fountain Gate and King's Pool, but then the trail became too narrow for my donkey.

Darby Translation
And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then I rode on toward the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool. As I got close, I could see there was not enough room for my horse to get through.

George Lamsa Translation
Then I went on to the gate of the valley and to the kings pool; but there was no place for the beast that I was riding to pass.

Good News Translation
Then on the east side of the city I went north to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool. The donkey I was riding could not find any path through the rubble,

Lexham English Bible
I crossed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount to cross over.

Literal Translation
Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate, and to the King's Pool. But there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And I wente ouer vnto ye Well porte, & to the kynges condyte, & there was no rowme for my beest, yt it coulde go vnder me.

American Standard Version
Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Bible in Basic English
Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I went ouer vnto the well port, and to the kinges conduite, and there was no roome for the beast that was vnder me to passe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool; but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

King James Version (1611)
Then I went on to the gate of the fountaine, and to the kings poole: but there was no place for the beast that was vnder me, to passe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king’s pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.

English Revised Version
Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y passid to the yate of the welle, and to the watir cundit of the kyng, and no place was to the hors, `on which Y sat `for to passe;

Update Bible Version
Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but [there was] no place for the beast [that was] under me to pass.

New King James Version
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.

New Living Translation
Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but my donkey couldn't get through the rubble.

New Life Bible
Then I went on to the Well Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for the animal I was on to pass.

New Revised Standard
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool; but there was no place for the animal I was riding to continue.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then passed I over unto the fountain-gate, and unto the pool of the king, - but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I passed to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s aqueduct, and there was no place for the beast on which I rode to pass.

Revised Standard Version
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool; but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Young's Literal Translation
And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount to pass.

Contextual Overview

⁹ I went to the governors of the territory beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. The king had sent with me an escort of army captains and cavalry. ¹⁰ When Sanvalat the Horoni and Toviyah the servant, the ‘Amoni, heard about this, they were very displeased that someone had come to promote the welfare of the people of Isra'el. ¹¹ So I reached Yerushalayim. After I had been there for three days, ¹² I got up during the night, I and a few men with me. I hadn't told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Yerushalayim; and I didn't take any animal with me except the animal on which I was riding. ¹³ I went out by night through the Valley Gate, to the Dragon's Well and the Dung Gate, and inspected the places where the walls of Yerushalayim were broken down and where its gates had been burned down. ¹⁴ Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass. ¹⁵ So I went up the valley in the dark and went on inspecting the wall; then I turned back, entered through the Valley Gate and returned, ¹⁶ without the officials' knowing where I had gone or what I had done. Till then, I hadn't said anything about this to the Judeans, cohanim, nobles, officials or anyone who would be responsible for the work. ¹⁷ Afterwards, I said to them, "You see what a sad state we are in, how Yerushalayim lies in ruins, with it gates burned up. Come, let's rebuild the wall of Yerushalayim, so that we won't continue in disgrace." ¹⁸ I also told them of the gracious hand of my God that had been on me, also what the king had said to me. They said, "Let's start building at once," and energetically set out to do this good work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the gate of the fountain: The gate leading either to the fountain of Siloam, on the east of the city, or to that of Gihon, on the west. Nehemiah 3:15, 2 Kings 18:17, 2 Kings 20:20, 2 Chronicles 32:30

the king's pool: Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah to bring the waters of Gihon to the city of David.

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 12:37 - the fountain gate Ecclesiastes 2:6 - pools

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
Ashur went out from that land and built Ninveh, the city Rechovot, Kelach,

Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem were ‘Elam, Ashur, Arpakhshad, Lud and Aram.

Genesis 15:18
That day Adonai made a covenant with Avram: "I have given this land to your descendants — from the Vadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River —

Genesis 25:18
Yishma‘el's sons lived between Havilah and Shur, near Egypt as you go toward Ashur; he settled near all his kinsmen. Haftarah Hayyei-Sarah: M'lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 1:1–31 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Hayyei-Sarah: Mattityahu (Matthew) 8:19–22; 27:3–10; Luke 9:57–62 Here is the history of Yitz'chak, Avraham's son. Avraham fathered Yitz'chak. Yitz'chak was forty years old when he took Rivkah, the daughter of B'tu'el the Arami from Paddan-Aram and sister of Lavan the Arami, to be his wife. Yitz'chak prayed to Adonai on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. Adonai heeded his prayer, and Rivkah became pregnant. The children fought with each other inside her so much that she said, "If it's going to be like this, why go on living?" So she went to inquire of Adonai , who answered her, "There are two nations in your womb. From birth they will be two rival peoples. One of these peoples will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger." When the time for her delivery came, there were twins in her womb. The first to come out was reddish and covered all over with hair, like a coat; so they named him ‘Esav [completely formed, that is, having hair already]. Then his brother emerged, with his hand holding ‘Esav's heel, so he was called Ya‘akov [he catches by the heel, he supplants]. Yitz'chak was sixty years old when she bore them. The boys grew; and ‘Esav became a skillful hunter, an outdoorsman; while Ya‘akov was a quiet man who stayed in the tents. Yitz'chak favored ‘Esav, because he had a taste for game; Rivkah favored Ya‘akov. One day when Ya‘akov had cooked some stew, ‘Esav came in from the open country, exhausted, and said to Ya‘akov, "Please! Let me gulp down some of that red stuff — that red stuff! I'm exhausted!" (This is why he was called Edom [red].) Ya‘akov answered, "First sell me your rights as the firstborn." "Look, I'm about to die!" said ‘Esav. "What use to me are my rights as the firstborn?" Ya‘akov said, "First, swear to me!" So he swore to him, thus selling his birthright to Ya‘akov. Then Ya‘akov gave him bread and lentil stew; he ate and drank, got up and went on his way. Thus ‘Esav showed how little he valued his birthright.

Deuteronomy 1:7
Turn, get moving and go to the hill-country of the Emori and all the places near there in the ‘Aravah, the hill-country, the Sh'felah, the Negev and by the seashore — the land of the Kena‘ani, and the L'vanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates River.

Deuteronomy 11:24
Wherever the sole of your foot steps will be yours; your territory will extend from the desert to the L'vanon and from the River, the Euphrates River, to the Western Sea.

Daniel 10:4
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth angel, the one with the shofar, "Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I went on to the pool of the fountain, and to the king's pool..... That led to the fountain Siloah or Gihon, so called; it was the way to the potter's field, to Bethlehem, Hebron, Gaza, and Egypt. Rauwolff says t there is still standing on the outside of the valley Tyropaeum (which distinguishes the two mountains Zion and Moriah) the gate of the fountain, which hath its name, because it leadeth towards the fountain of Siloah, called the king's pool:

but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass; because of the heaps of rubbish that lay there.

t Travels, par. 3. c. 3. p. 227.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The gate of the fountain - A gate on the eastern side of the Tyropoeon valley, not far from the pool of Siloam (probably “the king’s pool.” (Compare Nehemiah 3:15).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. The gate of the fountain — Of Siloah.

The king's pool — Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah, to bring the waters of Gihon to the city of David. See 2 Chronicles 32:30.