Nehemiah 13:8
New International Version
I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

New Living Translation
I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah’s belongings out of the room.

English Standard Version
And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber.

Berean Standard Bible
And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

King James Bible
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

New King James Version
And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room.

New American Standard Bible
It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household articles out of the room.

NASB 1995
It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

NASB 1977
And it was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

Legacy Standard Bible
It was very evil to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the chamber.

Amplified Bible
It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household furnishings out of the room.

Christian Standard Bible
I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the room.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the room.

American Standard Version
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

Contemporary English Version
It upset me so much that I threw out every bit of Tobiah's furniture.

English Revised Version
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I was furious. So I threw all of Tobiah's household goods out of the room.

Good News Translation
I was furious and threw out all of Tobiah's belongings.

International Standard Version
I was greatly upset, so I threw out all of Tobiah's property from the room.

Majority Standard Bible
And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

NET Bible
I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah's household possessions out of the storeroom.

New Heart English Bible
It grieved me severely: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the room.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it grieved me greatly: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

World English Bible
It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside, out of the chamber,

Young's Literal Translation
and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,

Smith's Literal Translation
And it will be greatly evil to me: and I shall cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without from the cell.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And it seemed to me very evil. And I cast the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside of the storeroom.

New American Bible
This displeased me very much, so I had all of Tobiah’s household goods thrown outside the chamber.

New Revised Standard Version
And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the room.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And it grieved me exceedingly; so I threw all the household stuff of Tobiah out into the street, outside the court.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And it was very evil to me, and I cast all the furniture of the house of Tobia into the street outside of the courtyard.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And it grieved me sore; therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it appeared very evil to me: so I cast forth all the furniture of the house of Tobias from the treasury.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Temple Cleansed
7to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God. 8And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room. 9Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.…

Cross References
Ezra 9:3
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

2 Kings 23:12-15
He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. / The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. / He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones. ...

1 Kings 21:25-26
(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel. / He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

2 Chronicles 29:5-7
“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity. / For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him. / They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

1 Corinthians 5:6-7
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? / Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Deuteronomy 7:25-26
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God. / And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

2 Chronicles 34:33
And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Matthew 21:12-13
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

John 2:14-16
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

1 Kings 15:12-13
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. / He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 15:8
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.


Treasury of Scripture

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

it grieved.

Ezra 9:3,4
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied…

Ezra 10:1
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

Psalm 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

I cast.

Mark 11:15-17
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; …

John 2:13-17
And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, …

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Nehemiah 13
1. Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.
4. Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed.
10. He reforms the offices in the house of God;
15. the violation of the Sabbath;
23. and the marriages with the strange wives.














And I was greatly displeased
The phrase "greatly displeased" reflects Nehemiah's intense emotional response to discovering Tobiah's presence in the temple. The Hebrew root for "displeased" is "ra'a," which conveys a sense of being broken or shattered. This reaction underscores Nehemiah's deep commitment to the sanctity of the temple and his zeal for God's holiness. Historically, Nehemiah's leadership was marked by a fervent dedication to reform and purity, aligning with the broader biblical theme of righteous indignation against sin and corruption.

and threw all Tobiah’s household goods
The act of throwing out "Tobiah’s household goods" is symbolic of purging impurity from a sacred space. Tobiah, an Ammonite official, was an adversary of Nehemiah and the Jewish people, often opposing their efforts to rebuild Jerusalem. The Hebrew word for "threw" is "shalak," which implies a forceful casting away. This action reflects the biblical principle of removing sin and defilement from one's life and community, echoing the cleansing of the temple by Jesus in the New Testament. It serves as a powerful reminder of the need for vigilance in maintaining spiritual integrity.

out of the room
The "room" in question was a chamber in the temple that had been improperly allocated to Tobiah. This space was intended for storing offerings and sacred items, highlighting the severity of the transgression. The Hebrew term "lishkah" refers to a chamber or cell, emphasizing the intended purpose of the space for holy use. Nehemiah's decisive action to clear the room signifies a restoration of proper worship and order, aligning with the biblical theme of consecrating spaces and lives for God's purposes. This act of cleansing serves as an inspiration for believers to examine their own lives and remove anything that hinders their relationship with God.

(8) It grieved me sore.--The second time we read of Nehemiah's deep emotion: first, because of the utter dissoluteness of which this was a token; and secondly, because it was a priestly desecration.

Verse 8. - Therefore cast I forth all the household stuff. Tobiah had furnished his "chamber" as a dwelling-house, filling it with "household stuff" of various kinds. Nehemiah, of his own authority, had the whole of it turned out of doors.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And I was greatly
מְאֹ֑ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

displeased
וַיֵּ֥רַֽע (way·yê·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad

and threw
וָֽאַשְׁלִ֜יכָה (wā·’aš·lî·ḵāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

of Tobiah’s
טוֹבִיָּ֛ה (ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2900: Tobiah -- 'Yah is my good', three Israelites, also an Ammonite

household
בֵית־ (ḇêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

goods
כְּלֵ֧י (kə·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

out
הַח֖וּץ (ha·ḥūṣ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the room.
הַלִּשְׁכָּֽה׃ (hal·liš·kāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3957: Room, chamber, hall, cell


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