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. "
— Nehemiah 13:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.”
“And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. ”
“It grieved me severely: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the room.”
“I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom.”
“And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.”
“And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room.”
“And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.”
Then he made for himself a large storeroom, and in that place, there was laid before him gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the gatekeepers, and the first-fruits of the priests.
But during all this, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, the king of Babylon, I went to the king, and at the end of some days, I petitioned the king.
And I went to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, such that he would make him a storeroom in the vestibules of the house of God.
And it seemed to me very evil. And I cast the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside of the storeroom.
And I gave instructions, and they cleansed again the storeroom. And I brought back, into that place, the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
And I realized that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, and that each one had fled into his own region, from the Levites, and from the singing men, and from those who were ministering.
And I brought the case before the magistrates, and I said, “Why have we forsaken the house of God?” And I gathered them together, and I caused them to stand at their stations.