Nehemiah 13:2
ContextNETBible | for they had not met the Israelites with food 1 and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) |
NIV © biblegateway Neh 13:2 |
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam to call a curse down on them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.) |
NASB © biblegateway Neh 13:2 |
because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. |
NLT © biblegateway Neh 13:2 |
For they had not been friendly to the Israelites when they left Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse them, though our God turned the curse into a blessing. |
MSG © biblegateway Neh 13:2 |
because they hadn't welcomed the People of Israel with food and drink; they even hired Balaam to work against them by cursing them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing. |
BBE © SABDAweb Neh 13:2 |
Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Neh 13:2 |
because they did not meet the Israelites with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing. |
NKJV © biblegateway Neh 13:2 |
because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. |
[+] More English
|
KJV | |
NASB © biblegateway Neh 13:2 |
|
LXXM | |
NET [draft] ITL | |
HEBREW |
NETBible | for they had not met the Israelites with food 1 and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone. |