Nehemiah 12 · Verse 6

Nehemiah 12:6

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Nehemiah 12:6, King James Version

Nehemiah 12:6 in other translations

BSBShemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
WEBShemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
ASVShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.
YLTShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
DARBYShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
BBEShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
WebsterShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

What does Nehemiah 12:6 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 12:1-26

It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be.

Read the full comment on Nehemiah 12:1-26 →

Nehemiah 12:6 in the original Hebrew

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שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הshe.ma'.YahShemaiahH8098
וְיוֹיָרִ֖יבve.yo.ya.Rivand JoiaribH3114
יְדַֽעְיָֽה\׃ye.Da'.YahJedaiahH3048

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 12:6

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Joiarib.
11:10; 1Ch 9:10
Jehoiarib.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Nehemiah 12:5

    Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

  • Nehemiah 12:6

    Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

  • Nehemiah 12:7

    Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

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Nehemiah 12:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Semaías, y Joiarib, Jedaías,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Shemahia, et Joïarib, Jedahia,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Schemaja, und Jojarib, Jedaja,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Semeia, et Jojarib, Idaia, Sellum, Amoc, Helcias,