Nehemiah 8:14 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And they find written in the law that Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel dwell in booths in the feast, in the seventh month,

English ASV

And they found written in the law, how that Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;

English Amplified

And they found written in the law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And they found written in the law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in shelters during the festival of the seventh month.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And they found written in the law which Jehovah had commanded through Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,

English EASY 2024

They discovered what the Lord had commanded about a certain festival. The Lord had told Moses that the Israelites should live in huts during this festival. They should do that in the seventh month of each year.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They studied and found these commands in the law. The Lord gave this command to the people through Moses: In the seventh month of the year, the Israelites must {go to Jerusalem} to celebrate a special festival. They must live in temporary shelters. And the people are supposed to go through all of their towns and Jerusalem and say this: "Go out into the hill country and get branches from different kinds of olive trees. Get branches from myrtle trees, palm trees, and shade trees. Use the branches to make temporary shelters. Do what the law says."

And they found it written in the Law that the LORD had commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

They discovered that the Law, which the Lord gave through Moses, ordered the people of Israel to live in temporary shelters during the Festival of Shelters.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They found written in the Teachings that the Lord had given an order through Moses that the people of Israel should live in booths during a festival in the seventh month.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the festival of the seventh month.

English KJV 1611

And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:

English LSB

They found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast of the seventh month,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They found written in the Law where the Lord had commanded by Moses that the Israelites should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded through Moses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast of the seventh month.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

They found it written in the law prescribed by the LORD through Moses that the Israelites must dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The Lord had given the Law through Moses. He wanted the people of Israel to obey it. It is written there that they were supposed to live in booths during the Feast of Booths. That Feast was celebrated in the seventh month.

English NIV

They found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in booths during the feast of the seventh month

English NKJ 1982

And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,

English NLT

As they studied the law, they discovered that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in shelters during the festival to be held that month.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And they found it written in the law, which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the people of Israel should live in booths during the festival of the seventh month,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And they found it written in the law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

As they studied it, they noted that Jehovah had told Moses that the people of Israel should live in tents during the Festival of Tabernacles to be held that month.

English Tyndale 1537

And they found written in the law, how that the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month.