Nehemiah 12 · Verse 9

Nehemiah 12:9

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
Nehemiah 12:9, King James Version

Nehemiah 12:9 in other translations

BSBBakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.
WEBAlso Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices.
ASVAlso Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices.
YLTand Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, are over-against them in charges.
DARBYand Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them as watches.
BBEAnd Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them in their watches.
WebsterAlso Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

What does Nehemiah 12:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. their brethren, were over against them in the watches--that is, according to some, their stations--the places where they stood when officiating--"ward over against ward" (Ne 12:24); or, according to others, in alternate watches, in course of rotation.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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.

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Nehemiah 12:9 in the original Hebrew

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וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֨הu.vak.buk.Yahand BakbukiahH1229
וְעֻנִּ֧יve.'u.novand UnniH6042
אֲחֵיהֶ֛ם'a.chei.Hembrothers theirH251
לְנֶגְדָּ֖םle.neg.Dam[were] to before themH5048
לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת\׃le.mish.ma.Rotto dutiesH4931

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 12:9

  • Psalms 134:1-3

    A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
over against.
Ps 134:1-3

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Nehemiah 12:10

    And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

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Nehemiah 12:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Bacbucías y Unni, sus hermanos, cada cual en su ministerio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Bakbukia, et Unni, leurs frères, vis-à-vis d’eux dans leurs fonctions.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Bakbukja und Unni, ihre Brüder, standen ihnen gegenüber, den Dienstabteilungen gemäß.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Becbecia atque Hanni, et fratres eorum, unusquisque in officio suo.