Nehemiah 7 · Verse 10

Nehemiah 7:10

The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
Nehemiah 7:10, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:10 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Arah, 652;
WEBThe children of Arah: six hundred fifty-two.
ASVThe children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
YLTSons of Arah: six hundred fifty and two.
DARBYThe children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.
BBEThe children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.
WebsterThe children of Arah, six hundred and fifty two.

What does Nehemiah 7:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 7:5-73

Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence, must be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. But woe to those who turn back from the Lord, loving this present world! and happy…

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Nehemiah 7:10 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
אָרַ֔ח'a.RachArahH733
שֵׁ֥שׁsheshsixH8337
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.ShimfiftyH2572
וּשְׁנָֽיִם\׃\ \סu.she.Na.yimand twoH8147

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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:10

  • Ezra 2:5

    The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

  • Nehemiah 6:18

    For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

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Arah.
6:18; Ezr 2:5
775.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:9

    The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

  • Nehemiah 7:10

    The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

  • Nehemiah 7:11

    The children of Pahath–moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

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Nehemiah 7:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Ara, seiscientos cincuenta y dos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils d’Arakh, 652;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Arachs, 652;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Area, sexcenti quinquaginta duo: