World English Bible
"Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass."
— Nehemiah 2:14, World English Bible
“Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.”
“Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. ”
“I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.”
“And I passed to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's aqueduct, and there was no place for the beast on which I rode to pass.”
“Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.”
“Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.”
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
The rulers didn't know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.
Then I said to them, "You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won't be disgraced."