Nehemiah 7 · Verse 23

Nehemiah 7:23

The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
Nehemiah 7:23, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:23 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Bezai, 324;
WEBThe children of Bezai: three hundred twenty-four.
ASVThe children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
YLTSons of Bezai: three hundred twenty and four.
DARBYThe children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.
BBEThe children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.
WebsterThe children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty four.

What does Nehemiah 7:23 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 7:23 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
בֵצָ֔יve.TzaiBezaiH1209
שְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshthreeH7969
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וְאַרְבָּעָֽה\׃\ \סve.'ar.ba.'Ahand fourH702

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:23

  • Ezra 2:17

    The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Bezai.
Ezr 2:17
323.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:22

    The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

  • Nehemiah 7:23

    The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

  • Nehemiah 7:24

    The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.

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Nehemiah 7:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Besai, trescientos veinticuatro;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils de Bétsaï, 324;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Bezais, 324;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Besai, trecenti viginti quatuor: