NASB
"It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah's household goods out of the room."
— Nehemiah 13:8, NASB
“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.”
had prepared a large room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, the singers and the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king,
and I came to Jerusalem and learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God.
It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah's household goods out of the room.
Then I gave an order and they cleansed the rooms; and I returned there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the frankincense.
I also discovered that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers who performed the service had gone away, each to his own field.
So I reprimanded the officials and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts.