Nehemiah 7 · Verse 21

Nehemiah 7:21

The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
Nehemiah 7:21, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:21 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;
WEBThe children of Ater: of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
ASVThe children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
YLTSons of Ater of Hezekiah: ninety and eight.
DARBYThe children of Ater of the family of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
BBEThe children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
WebsterThe children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety eight.

What does Nehemiah 7:21 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 7:21 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
אָטֵ֥ר'a.TerAterH333
לְחִזְקִיָּ֖הle.chiz.ki.Yahof HezekiahH2396
תִּשְׁעִ֥יםtish.'ImninetyH8673
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה\׃\ \סu.she.mo.Nahand eightH8083

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:21

  • Ezra 2:16

    The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

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Ezr 2:16

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:20

    The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

  • Nehemiah 7:21

    The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

  • Nehemiah 7:22

    The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

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Nehemiah 7:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Ater, de Ezechîas, noventa y ocho;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils d’Ater, de la famille d’Ézéchias, 98;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Aters, von Hiskia, 98;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Ater, filii Hezeciæ, nonaginta octo: