Nehemiah 13:2
“Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Nehemiah 13:2 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
weil sie den Kindern Israel nicht mit Brot und mit Wasser entgegen gekommen waren, und Bileam wider sie gedungen hatten, um sie zu verfluchen; aber unser Gott wandelte den Fluch in Segen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Por cuanto no salieron á recibir á los hijos de Israel con pan y agua, antes alquilaron á Balaam contra ellos, para que los maldijera: mas nuestro Dios volvió la maldición en bendición.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque não saíram ao encontro dos filhos de Israel com pão e água; em vez disso, contrataram a Balaão contra eles, para os amaldiçoar; ainda que nosso Deus tornou a maldição em bênção.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Isso ocorreu porque eles não vieram até o povo de Israel com pão e com água, mas contrataram Balaão para amaldiçoar Israel. Contudo, nosso Deus transformou a maldição em bênção.
📖 Nehemiah 13:2 in Context
1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
2Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
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