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Nehemiah 2:15

Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

KJV

Et ascendi per torrentem nocte, et considerabam murum, et reversus veni ad portam vallis, et redii.

Vulgate

καὶ ἤμην ἀναβαίνων ἐν τῷ τείχει χειμάρρους νυκτός, καὶ ἤμην συντρίβων ἐν τῷ τείχει· καὶ ἤμην ἐν πύλῃ τῆς φάραγγος, καὶ ἐπέστρεψα.

LXX

Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

ASV

וָ/אֱהִ֨י עֹלֶ֤ה בַ/נַּ֨חַל֙ לַ֔יְלָה וָ/אֱהִ֥י שֹׂבֵ֖ר בַּ/חוֹמָ֑ה וָ/אָשׁ֗וּב וָ/אָב֛וֹא בְּ/שַׁ֥עַר הַ/גַּ֖יְא וָ/אָשֽׁוּב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גֵ֣יא
gy'
noun · 62×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
שִׂבְּר֜וּ
shbrv
verb · 8×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 15:23 — And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
  • Neh 2:13 — And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed wit