Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֣י kî because Conj 3808 [e] לֹ֧א lō not Adv-NegPrt 6923 [e] קִדְּמ֛וּ qid-də-mū they had met V-Piel-Perf-3cp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1121 [e] בְּנֵ֥י bə-nê the sons N-mpc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל yiś-rā-’êl of Israel N-proper-ms 3899 [e] בַּלֶּ֣חֶם bal-le-ḥem with the bread Prep-b, Art | N-ms 4325 [e] וּבַמָּ֑יִם ū-ḇam-mā-yim and with the water Conj-w, Prep-b, Art | N-mp 7936 [e] וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר way-yiś-kōr and they hired Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 5921 [e] עָלָ֤יו ‘ā-lāw against them Prep | 3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1109 [e] בִּלְעָם֙ bil-‘ām Balaam N-proper-ms 7043 [e] לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ lə-qal-lōw to curse them Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf | 3ms 2015 [e] וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ way-ya-hă-p̄ōḵ and turned Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 430 [e] אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ ’ĕ-lō-hê-nū our God N-mpc | 1cp 7045 [e] הַקְּלָלָ֖ה haq-qə-lā-lāh the curse Art | N-fs 1293 [e] לִבְרָכָֽה׃ liḇ-rā-ḵāh into a blessing Prep-l | N-fs

Berean Study Bible
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).

Young's Literal Translation
because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
because they did not meet the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam against them to curse them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

New American Standard Bible
because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

King James Bible
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. Nehemiah 13:2 • Nehemiah 13:2 NIV • Nehemiah 13:2 NLT • Nehemiah 13:2 ESV • Nehemiah 13:2 NASB • Nehemiah 13:2 KJV • Nehemiah 13:2 Biblia Paralela • Nehemiah 13:2 Chinese Bible • Nehemiah 13:2 French Bible • Nehemiah 13:2 German Bible

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