Nehemiah 7 · Verse 25

Nehemiah 7:25

The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
Nehemiah 7:25, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:25 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Gibeon, 95;
WEBThe children of Gibeon: ninety-five.
ASVThe children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
YLTSons of Gibeon: ninety and five.
DARBYThe children of Gibeon, ninety-five.
BBEThe children of Gibeon, ninety-five.
WebsterThe children of Gibeon, ninety five.

What does Nehemiah 7:25 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 7:25 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.

בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
גִבְע֖וֹןgiv.'onGibeonH1391
תִּשְׁעִ֥יםtish.'ImninetyH8673
וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה\׃\ \סva.cha.mi.Shahand fiveH2568

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:25

  • Ezra 2:20

    The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gibeon.Gibeon is probably a mistake for Gibbar, or the contrary; though this person may have been called by both names.
Ezr 2:20
Gibbar.

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

Context

  • Nehemiah 7:24

    The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.

  • Nehemiah 7:25

    The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

  • Nehemiah 7:26

    The men of Beth–lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.

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Nehemiah 7:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Gabaón, noventa y cinco;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils de Gabaon, 95;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Gibeons, 95;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Gabaon, nonaginta quinque: