Nehemiah 7 · Verse 16

Nehemiah 7:16

The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:16, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:16 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Bebai, 628;
WEBThe children of Bebai: six hundred twenty-eight.
ASVThe children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
YLTSons of Bebai: six hundred twenty and eight.
DARBYThe children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.
BBEThe children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.
WebsterThe children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty eight.

What does Nehemiah 7:16 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 7:16 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
בֵבָ֔יve.VaiBebaiH893
שֵׁ֥שׁsheshsixH8337
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה\׃\ \סu.she.mo.Nahand eightH8083

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:16

  • Ezra 2:11

    The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

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Bebai.
Ezr 2:11
623.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:15

    The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

  • Nehemiah 7:16

    The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

  • Nehemiah 7:17

    The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

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Nehemiah 7:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Bebai, seiscientos veintiocho;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils de Bébaï, 628;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Bebais, 628;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Bebai, sexcenti viginti octo: