Nehemiah 7 · Verse 29

Nehemiah 7:29

The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
Nehemiah 7:29, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:29 in other translations

BSBthe men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
WEBThe men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty-three.
ASVThe men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
YLTMen of Kirjath-Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty and three.
DARBYThe men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
BBEThe men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
WebsterThe men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty three.

What does Nehemiah 7:29 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 7:29 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.

אַנְשֵׁ֨י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582
קִרְיַ֤תkir.YatKiriathH7157
יְעָרִים֙ye.'a.RimJearimH7157
כְּפִירָ֣הke.fi.RahKephirahH3716
וּבְאֵר֔וֹתu.ve.'e.Rotand BeerothH881
שְׁבַ֥עshe.Va'sevenH7651
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה\׃\ \סu.she.lo.Shahand threeH7969

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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:29

  • Joshua 18:25

    Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

  • Ezra 2:25

    The children of Kirjath–arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

  • Joshua 9:17

    And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.

  • Judges 18:12

    And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath–jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh–dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath–jearim.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Kirjath-jearim.Instead of Kirjath-arim, in the parallel place of Ezra, many MSS. read Kirjath-jearim, as here.
Jos 9:17; 18:25; Jud 18:12; Ezr 2:25
Kirjath-arim.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:28

    The men of Beth–azmaveth, forty and two.

  • Nehemiah 7:29

    The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

  • Nehemiah 7:30

    The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

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Nehemiah 7:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los varones de Chîriath-jearim, Chephira y Beeroth, setecientos cuarenta y tres;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		les hommes de Kiriath-Jéarim, de Kephira et de Beéroth, 743;
German
Elberfelder 1871		die Männer von Kirjath-Jearim, Kephira und Beeroth, 743;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Viri Cariathiarim, Cephira, et Beroth, septingenti quadraginta tres.