Nehemiah 12 · Verse 8

Nehemiah 12:8

Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
Nehemiah 12:8, King James Version

Nehemiah 12:8 in other translations

BSBThe Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
WEBMoreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving songs, he and his brothers.
ASVMoreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
YLTAnd the Levites are Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he is over the thanksgiving, and his brethren,
DARBYAnd the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren;
BBEAnd the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the music-makers, he and his brothers.
WebsterMoreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

What does Nehemiah 12:8 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Over the thanksgiving - The principal singers: See on Neh 11:17 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 12:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֗םve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881
יֵשׁ֧וּעַye.Shu.a'JeshuaH3442
בִּנּ֛וּיbi.NuiBinnuiH1131
קַדְמִיאֵ֥לkad.mi.'ElKadmielH6934
שֵׁרֵבְיָ֖הshe.re.ve.YahSherebiahH8274
יְהוּדָ֣הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
מַתַּנְיָ֑הma.tan.YahMattaniahH4983
עַֽל\־'al-[were] overH5921
הֻיְּד֖וֹתh.ye.Dotsongs of thanksgivingH1960
ה֥וּאhu'heH1931
וְאֶחָֽיו\׃ve.'e.Chavand brothers hisH251

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 12:8

  • Nehemiah 11:17

    And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

  • Nehemiah 12:24

    And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

  • Nehemiah 11:22

    The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:33

    And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.

  • Nehemiah 10:9-13

    And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, …

  • Nehemiah 9:4

    Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.

  • Nehemiah 7:48

    The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeshua.
7:48; 9:4; 10:9-13
Mattaniah.
11:17,22
the thanksgiving. that is, The psalms of thanksgiving.
24; 1Ch 9:33

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

Context

  • Nehemiah 12:7

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

  • Nehemiah 12:8

    Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

  • Nehemiah 12:9

    Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

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Nehemiah 12:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los Levitas: Jesuá, Binnui, Cadmiel, Serebías, Judá, y Mathanías, que con sus hermanos oficiaba en los himnos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les lévites: Jéshua, Binnuï, Kadmiel, Shérébia, Juda, Matthania, qui avait la direction des louanges, lui et ses frères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Leviten: Jeschua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Scherebja, Juda, Mattanja; er und seine Brüder waren über den Lobgesang;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Porro Levitæ, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, super hymnos ipsi et fratres eorum: