Nehemiah 7 · Verse 19

Nehemiah 7:19

The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
Nehemiah 7:19, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:19 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;
WEBThe children of Bigvai: two thousand sixty-seven.
ASVThe children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
YLTSons of Bigvai: two thousand sixty and seven.
DARBYThe children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven.
BBEThe children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven.
WebsterThe children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty seven.

What does Nehemiah 7:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 The children of Bigval, two thousand threescore and seven - Some MSS. read two thousand and sixty-six, as in Ezr 2:14.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 7:19 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.

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
בִגְוָ֔יvig.VaiBigvaiH902
אַלְפַּ֖יִם'al.Pa.yimtwo thousandH505
שִׁשִּׁ֥יםshi.ShimsixtyH8346
וְשִׁבְעָֽה\׃\ \סve.shiv.'Ahand sevenH7651

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:19

  • Ezra 2:14

    The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Bigvai.
Ezr 2:14
2,056. two thousand.One MS. of Dr. Kennicott's reads "two thousand sixty and six;" but no doubt "two thousand and fifty-six," is the true reading, as in the parallel passage.

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

Context

  • Nehemiah 7:18

    The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

  • Nehemiah 7:19

    The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

  • Nehemiah 7:20

    The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

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Nehemiah 7:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Bigvai, dos mil sesenta y siete;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils de Bigvaï, 2 067;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Bigwais, 2067;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Beguai, duo millia sexaginta septem: