Nehemiah 3 · Verse 32

Nehemiah 3:32

And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Nehemiah 3:32, King James Version

Nehemiah 3:32 in other translations

BSBAnd between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
WEBBetween the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
ASVAnd between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
YLTAnd between the ascent of the corner and the sheep-gate, have the refiners and the merchants strengthened.
DARBYAnd between the ascent of the corner and the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the dealers.
BBEAnd between the way up to the angle and the sheep door, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.
WebsterAnd between the ascent of the corner to the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

What does Nehemiah 3:32 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 The goldsmiths and the merchants - The word הצרפים hatstsorephim may signify smiths, or persons who worked in metals of any kind; but it is generally understood to mean those who worked in gold. I have already observed, that the mention of merchants and goldsmiths shows that these persons were formed into bodies corporate in those ancient times. But these terms are differently rendered in the versions. The Vulgate is the same as ours, which probably our translators copied: aurifices et negociatores. The Syriac is, goldsmiths and druggists. The Arabic, smelters of metal and porters. The Septuagint, in some copies, particularly in the Roman edition, and in the Complutensian, Antwerp, and Paris Polyglots, have οἱ χαλκεις και οἱ μεταβολι, smiths and merchants; but in other copies, particularly the London Polyglot, for μεταβολοι we find ῥωποπωλαι, seller of shields. And here the learned reader will find a double mistake in the London Polyglot, ῥοποπωλαι for ῥωποπωλαι, and in the Latin version scruta for scuta, neither of which conveys any sense.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Nehemiah 3:32 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.

וּבֵ֨יןu.Veinand betweenH996
עֲלִיַּ֤ת'a.li.Yat[the] roof-chamber ofH5944
הַפִּנָּה֙ha.pi.Nahthe cornerH6438
לְשַׁ֣עַרle.Sha.'arand [the] gate ofH8179
הַצֹּ֔אןha.Tzonthe sheepH6629
הֶחֱזִ֥יקוּhe.che.Zi.kuthey repairedH2388
הַצֹּרְפִ֖יםha.tzo.re.Fimthe goldsmithsH6884
וְהָרֹכְלִֽים\׃\ \פve.ha.ro.khe.Limand the tradersH7402

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Cross references for Nehemiah 3:32

  • Nehemiah 3:1

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

  • Nehemiah 12:39

    And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

  • John 5:2

    Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

  • Nehemiah 3:31

    After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

  • Nehemiah 3:8

    Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the sheep gate.Thus the whole city was surrounded with a wall; for Eliashib began at the sheep gate.
1; 12:39; Joh 5:2
the goldsmiths.The word {tzeraphim} may denote smiths, or refiners, or persons that worked in metals of any kind; but it is generally understood of those who worked in gold. From the remotest period of the history of the Jews, they had artists in all the elegant and ornamental trades; and it appears that goldsmiths, apothecaries, and merchants were formed into companies in the time of Nehemiah.
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Context

  • Nehemiah 3:31

    After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

  • Nehemiah 3:32

    And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

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Nehemiah 3:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y entre la sala de la esquina hasta la puerta de las Ovejas, restauraron los plateros y los tratantes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et entre la montée du coin et la porte des brebis réparèrent les orfèvres et les commerçants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und zwischen dem Obergemach der Ecke und dem Schaftore besserten die Goldschmiede und die Krämer aus.