Nehemiah 8:12
World English Bible (WEB)
All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
In context
10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
12 All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
13 On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
14 They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
Nehemiah 8:12 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
- KJV King James Version
- And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing. For they had understood the words that were declared to them.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.