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Nehemiah 8:12

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8:12So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food16 with others17 and to enjoy tremendous joy,18 for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.

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Footnotes

  1. 16 Heb “to send portions.”
  2. 17 The Hebrew text does not include the phrase “with others” but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
  3. 18 Heb “to make great joy.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy, because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then all the people began to eat and drink, send portions, and have a great celebration, because they had understood the words that were explained to them.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the people went away to eat and drink at a festive meal, to share gifts of food, and to celebrate with great joy because they had heard God’s words and understood them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All of the people went to eat, to drink, to send a share, and to have great joy because they understood the words that they had made known to them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.