Verse 16

Nehemiah 2:16

Young's Literal Translation

16 And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, hitherto I have not declared [it];
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הַ/סְּגָנִ֗ים לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ אָ֣נָה הָלַ֔כְתִּי וּ/מָ֖ה אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֑ה וְ/לַ/יְּהוּדִ֨ים וְ/לַ/כֹּהֲנִ֜ים וְ/לַ/חֹרִ֣ים וְ/לַ/סְּגָנִ֗ים וּ/לְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ עֹשֵׂ֣ה הַ/מְּלָאכָ֔ה עַד כֵּ֖ן לֹ֥א הִגַּֽדְתִּי
English Translation
And the officials did not know where I had gone and what I was doing; and for the Jews and for the priests and for the nobles and for the officials and for the rest who were doing the work, I had not yet told them.
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