Nehemiah 7 · Verse 27

Nehemiah 7:27

The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:27, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:27 in other translations

BSBthe men of Anathoth, 128;
WEBThe men of Anathoth: one hundred twenty-eight.
ASVThe men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.
YLTMen of Anathoth: a hundred twenty and eight.
DARBYThe men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
BBEThe men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
WebsterThe men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty eight.

What does Nehemiah 7:27 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 7:27 in the original Hebrew

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אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582
עֲנָת֔וֹתa.na.TotAnathothH6068
מֵאָ֖הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה\׃\ \סu.she.mo.Nahand eightH8083

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:27

  • Jeremiah 1:1

    The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

  • Isaiah 10:30

    Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

  • Jeremiah 11:21

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:

  • Ezra 2:23

    The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Anathoth.
Ezr 2:23; Isa 10:30; Jer 1:1; 11:21

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:26

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

  • Nehemiah 7:27

    The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

  • Nehemiah 7:28

    The men of Beth–azmaveth, forty and two.

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Nehemiah 7:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los varones de Anathoth, ciento veintiocho;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les hommes d’Anathoth, 128;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Männer von Anathoth, 128;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Viri Anathoth, centum viginti octo.