Nehemiah 13:20

Good News Translation

Once or twice merchants who sold all kinds of goods spent Friday night outside the city walls.

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.

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

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.

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 At that time I saw people in Judah pressing juice from grapes on the Sabbath. Others were loading grain, wine, grapes, figs, and other things on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem; I warned them not to sell anything on the Sabbath. ¹⁶ Some people from the city of Tyre were living in Jerusalem, and they brought fish and all kinds of goods into the city to sell to our people on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ I reprimanded the Jewish leaders and told them, "Look at the evil you're doing! You're making the Sabbath unholy. ¹⁸ This is exactly why God punished your ancestors when he brought destruction on this city. And yet you insist on bringing more of God's anger down on Israel by profaning the Sabbath." ¹⁹ So I gave orders for the city gates to be shut at the beginning of every Sabbath, as soon as evening began to fall, and not to be opened again until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my men at the gates to make sure that nothing was brought into the city on the Sabbath. ²⁰ Once or twice merchants who sold all kinds of goods spent Friday night outside the city walls. ²¹ I warned them, "It's no use waiting out there for morning to come. If you try this again, I'll use force on you." From then on they did not come back on the Sabbath. ²² I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to go and guard the gates to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy. Remember me, O God, for this also, and spare me because of your great love.

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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.