SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:16
Y no sabían los magistrados adónde yo había ido, ni qué había hecho; ni hasta entonces lo había yo declarado a los judíos y sacerdotes, ni a los nobles y magistrados, ni a los demás que hacían la obra.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 2:16
Verse 16. The rulers knew not whither I went] He made no person privy to his design, that he might hide every thing as much as possible from their enemies till he had all things in readiness; lest they should take measures to defeat the work.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did . etc.] The rulers of the city of Jerusalem, who seem to be officers of the king of Persia, since they are distinguished from Jewish rulers in the next clause: neither had I as yet told it to the Jews ; what he came about and designed to do: nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers ; the principal men among the Jews, both ecclesiastical and civil: nor to the rest that did the work ; of building and repairing; neither those that were employed in it, nor those that overlooked it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-18 - When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God ha put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does no undertake to do it without them. By stirring up ourselves and on another to that which is good, we strengthen ourselves and one anothe for it. We are weak in our duty, when we are cold and careless.
Original Hebrew
והסגנים 5461 לא 3808 ידעו 3045 אנה 575 הלכתי 1980 ומה 4100 אני 589 עשׂה 6213 וליהודים 3064 ולכהנים 3548 ולחרים 2715 ולסגנים 5461 וליתר 3499 עשׂה 6213 המלאכה 4399 עד 5704 כן 3651 לא 3808 הגדתי׃ 5046
