Nehemiah 5:9 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

ASV Byzantine Text

Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

Asang Khongca Bible

Kai mah, Na sak o ih hmuen hae hoih ai; Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk mah aicae kasae thuih han ai ah, aicae Angraeng Sithaw zithaih palungthin hoiah khosak han om ai maw?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Ka thui cakhaw ol then na vai uh pawt dongah ni ka thui. Mamih kah thunkha namtom kah kokhahnah dong mai ah mamih kah Pathen hinyahnah neh na pongpa uh pawh nama?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Ka thui cakhaw ol then na vai uh pawt dongah ni ka thui. Mamih kah thunkha namtom kah kokhahnah dong mai ah mamih kah Pathen hinyahnah neh na pongpa uh pawh nama?

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A i aku la au, Aole pono keia mea a oukou e hana nei: aole anei e hele oukou ma ka makau o ko kakou Akua no ka hoowahawaha ana mai o ko na aina e, ko kakou poe enemi?

English Berean Standard Bible

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Mwen di yo ankò: -Sa n'ap fè la a pa bon, tande! Se pou n' mache avèk krentif pou Bondye, pou nou pa bay moun lòt nasyon yo, lènmi nou yo, okazyon pase nou nan betiz.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Dixique ad eos: Non est bona res quam facitis: quare non in timore Dei nostri ambulastis, ne exprobretur nobis a gentibus inimicis nostris?

Bible in Basic English

And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et je dis : Ce que vous faites n’est pas bien. Ne devriez-vous pas marcher dans la crainte de notre Dieu, pour n’être pas dans l’opprobre parmi les nations qui nous sont ennemies ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Řekl jsem dále: Není to dobře, což děláte. Zdali v bázni Boha našeho nemáte choditi raději než v pohanění pohanů, nepřátel našich?

Kosraean Bible

Na nga fahk, “Ma kowos oru an tia wo! Kowos enenu in akos God ac oru ma suwohs. Fin ouinge, kowos fah tia oru kutena sripa tuh mwet lokoalok lasr, mwet pegan, in ku in akkolukye kut.

World Portuguese Bible

Eu disse também: “O que vocês estão fazendo não é bom. Vocês não deveriam andar no temor do nosso Deus, por causa da zombaria das nações, nossos inimigos?

Romanian BTF Bible

De asemenea am spus: Nu este bine ceea ce faceți; nu ar trebui să umblați în teama de Dumnezeul nostru din cauza ocării păgânilor, dușmanii noștri?

Brenton English Septuagint

And I said, The thing which ye do is not good; ye will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုနောက်ငါသည်သူတို့အား``သင်တို့ပြု သောအမှုသည်မကောင်းပါတကား။ ရန်သူ လူမျိုးခြားများသည်ငါတို့အားသရော် ခြင်းမှကင်းလွတ်စေရန် ဘုရားသခင်ကို ကြောက်ရွံ့ရိုသေကာသင်တို့မှန်ရာကိုလုပ် ဆောင်သင့်ကြသည်။-

Darby Translation

And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und ich sprach: Nicht gut ist die Sache, die ihr tut! Solltet ihr nicht in der Furcht unseres Gottes wandeln, daß wir nicht den Nationen, unseren Feinden, zum Hohne seien?

Dutch Bible 1917

Voorts zeide ik: De zaak is niet goed, die gijlieden doet; zoudt gij niet wandelen in de vreze onzes Gods, om de versmading der heidenen, onze vijanden?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ik vervolgde: Het is niet goed, wat gij doet. Moet gij niet leven in de vrees van onzen God, om de smaad der heidenen, onze vijanden, te ontgaan?

Italian Diodati Bible

Ed io dissi: Ciò che voi fate non è buono; non dovete voi camminar nel timor dell'Iddio nostro, per tema del vituperio delle genti nostre nemiche ?

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I said to them: The thing you do is not good: why walk you not in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the Gentiles our enemies?

Geneva Bible 1599

I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, for the reproche of the heathen our enemies?

Danish Bible 1931

Men jeg fortsatte: Det er ikke ret af eder at handle således! Skulde I ikke vandre i Frygt for vor Gud af Hensyn til Hedningerne, vore Fjenders Spot?

Leeser Tanakh

Then said I, The thing is not good which ye are doing: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the taunting of the nations, our enemies?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Also I said: 'The thing that ye do is not good; ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

King James Version

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

King James Version + Apocrypha

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Tôi lại nói: Điều anh em làm chẳng được tốt. Anh em há chẳng đáng lẽ ăn ở cách kính sợ Đức Chúa Trời, e bị sỉ nhục giữa các dân tộc, là thù nghịch của chúng ta, sao?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Revised West Version

Pea ne u pehē foki, “Ko ia ʻoku mou fai ʻoku ʻikai lelei: ʻikai ʻoku ngali ke mou ʻalu pe ʻi he manavahē ki hotau ʻOtua telia ʻae manuki ʻoe hiteni ko hotau ngaahi fili?

French Ostervald Bible

Et je dis: Ce que vous faites n'est pas bien. Ne voulez-vous pas marcher dans la crainte de notre Dieu, pour n'être pas l'opprobre des nations qui sont nos ennemies?

Esperanto Bible

Kaj mi diris: Ne bona estas tio, kion vi faras. Ĉu vi ne devas konduti kun timo antaŭ nia Dio, por eviti malhonoron de la flanko de la nacioj, niaj malamikoj?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Puis je dis: Ce que vous faites n’est pas bien. Ne devriez-vous pas marcher dans la crainte de notre Dieu, pour n’être pas insultés par les nations nos ennemies?

German Luther Bible 1912

Und ich sprach: Es ist nicht gut, was ihr tut. Solltet ihr nicht in der Furcht Gottes wandeln um des Hohnes willen der Heiden, unsrer Feinde?

LXX2012 U. S. English

And I said, The thing which you⌃ do is not good; you⌃ will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.

British English Septuagint 2012

And I said, The thing which you⌃ do is not good; you⌃ will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.

Majority Standard BIble

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

Webster Bible

Also I said, That is not good which ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Revised Version

Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Italian Riveduta Bible

Io dissi pure: “Quello che voi fate non è ben fatto. Non dovreste voi camminare nel timore del nostro Dio per non essere oltraggiati dai pagani nostri nemici?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

J’ajoutai : « Ce que vous faites n’est pas bien. Ne devriez-vous pas marcher dans la crainte de notre Dieu, afin de ne pas nous exposer aux insultes des nations, nos ennemies ?

Reina Valera 1909

Y dije: No es bien lo que hacéis, ¿no andaréis en temor de nuestro Dios, por no ser el oprobio de las gentes enemigas nuestras?

Spanish BLL

Entonces añadí: “Lo que ustedes hacen no está bien. ¿No deberían vivir con temor a nuestro Dios para evitar que las naciones enemigas se burlen de nosotros?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y dije además: «No es bueno lo que hacéis. ¿No debéis andar en el temor de nuestro Dios para no ser el oprobio de las naciones enemigas nuestras?

Croatian Bible

Nastavio sam: “Nije dobro to što činite. Ne treba li da hodite u strahu Boga našega da se tako uklonimo ruglu neprijateljskih naroda?

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I rekoh: Nije dobro šta radite. Ne treba li vam hoditi u strahu Boga našeg da nam se ne rugaju narodi, neprijatelji naši?

German Textbibel

Und ich sprach: es ist nicht schön, daß ihr so handelt! Solltet ihr nicht vielmehr in der Furcht unseres Gottes wandeln, schon um der Schmähung der Heiden, unserer Feinde, willen?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

ויאמר לֹא־ט֥וֹב הַדָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֑ים הֲל֞וֹא בְּיִרְאַ֤ת אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ֙ תֵּלֵ֔כוּ מֵחֶרְפַּ֖ת הַגּוֹיִ֥ם אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃