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KJV Lexicon Because they metqadam (kaw-dam') to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help) -- come (go, (flee) before, + disappoint, meet, prevent. not the children ben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. of Israel Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. with bread lechem (lekh'-em) food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. and with water mayim (mah'-yim) water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring). but hired sakar (saw-kar') to hire -- earn wages, hire (out self), reward, surely. Balaam Bil`am (bil-awm') not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine -- Balaam, Bileam. against them that he should curse qalal (kaw-lal') to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)whet. them howbeit our God 'elohiym (el-o-heem') angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. turned haphak (haw-fak') to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert the curse qlalah (kel-aw-law') vilification -- (ac-)curse(-d, -ing). into a blessing Brakah (ber-aw-kaw') benediction; by implication prosperity -- blessing, liberal, pool, present. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible because they did not meet the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam against them to curse them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing. International Standard Version because they did not greet the Israelis with food and water, but instead hired Balaam to oppose them by cursing them, even though our God turned the curse into a blessing. NET Bible for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) GOD'S WORD® Translation (After all, they didn't welcome the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse the Israelites. But our God turned the curse into a blessing.) King James 2000 Bible Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing. Links Nehemiah 13:2Nehemiah 13:2 NIV Nehemiah 13:2 NLT Nehemiah 13:2 ESV Nehemiah 13:2 NASB Nehemiah 13:2 KJV |
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