Nehemiah 2:14

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Then came I unto the pashas Beyond the River, and gave them the letters of the king, - now the king, had sent with me, captains of the army, and horsemen. ¹⁰ And, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, heard of it, it vexed them, with a great vexation, - that there had come a man, to seek welfare, for the sons of Israel. ¹¹ So I entered Jerusalem, - and was there three days. ¹² Then rose I by night, I, and a few men with me, I having told no man, what, my God, had been putting in my heart, to do for Jerusalem, - and, beast, was there none with me, save the beast on which, I myself, was riding. ¹³ So I went forth through the valley-gate by night, even unto the front of the snake-fountain, and into the dung-gate, - and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, how, they, were broken down, and, the gates thereof, consumed with fire. ¹⁴ 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. ¹⁵ Then went I up in the torrent-bed, by night, and viewed the wall, - and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate, and so returned. ¹⁶ Now, the deputies, knew not whither I had gone, nor what I was doing, - not even to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the deputies, nor to the rest who were doing the work, had I as yet told it. ¹⁷ So I said unto them, Ye, can see the misfortune that, we, are in, how that, Jerusalem, lieth waste, and, the gates thereof, are burned with fire: Come, and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may remain, no longer, a reproach. ¹⁸ Then told I them, of the hand of my God, that, it, had been good upon me, as also of the words of the king, which he had spoken unto me, - so they said, We will arise and build! and they strengthened their hands right well.

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
From that land, went forth Asshur, - and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah:

Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem, Elam and Asshur, - and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

Genesis 15:18
In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying, - To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river - the river Euphrates:

Genesis 25:18
And they stretched their habitations from Havilah as far as to Shur, which is over against Egypt, as thou goest in towards Assyria, - over against all his brethren, he settled down.

Deuteronomy 1:7
Turn ye and set yourselves forward, and enter into the hill country of the Amorites, and into all the places near, in the plain, in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and in the coast of the sea, - the land of Canaan and the Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

Deuteronomy 11:24
every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread yours, shall it be, - from the desert and the Lebanon from the river - the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea, shall be your boundary.

Daniel 10:4
And, on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, - when, I, was by the side of the great river, the same, is Tigris,

Revelation 9:14
saying unto the sixth messenger, who was holding the trumpet - Loose the four messengers, who 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.