Nehemiah 13:2 - Modern English Version

because they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For they met not the Israelites with food and drink but hired Balaam to curse them; yet our God turned the curse into a blessing. [Num. 22:3-11; Deut. 23:5, 6.]

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American Standard Version (1901)

because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Common English Bible

This is because they hadn’t met the Israelites with food and water but instead hired Balaam against them to curse them. Yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, and they hired Balaam against them, to curse them. But our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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