Nehemiah 7 · Verse 31

Nehemiah 7:31

The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

Nehemiah 7:31, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:31 in other translations

BSB	the men of Michmash, 122;
WEB	The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-two.
ASV	The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two.
YLT	Men of Michmas: a hundred and twenty and two.
DARBY	The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
BBE	The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
Webster	The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty two.

What does Nehemiah 7:31 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 7:31 in the original Hebrew

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אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582

מִכְמָ֔סmikh.MasMicmashH4363

מֵאָ֖הme.'Ahone hundredH3967

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242

וּשְׁנָֽיִם\׃\ \סu.she.Na.yimand twoH8147

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:31

Ezra 2:27
The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
1 Samuel 13:23
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
Isaiah 10:28
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth–aven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Michmas.The variation between [Mikmâsh ,] {Michmash,} and [Mikmâc ,] {Michmas,} arises from the mutation of [Shîyn,] {sheen,} and [Äâmek,] {samech;} though several MSS. have the former reading here also.
1Sa 13:5,23; Ezr 2:27; Isa 10:28
Michmash.

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Context

Nehemiah 7:30
The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Nehemiah 7:31
The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
Nehemiah 7:32
The men of Beth–el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

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Nehemiah 7:31 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Los varones de Michmas, ciento veintidós;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	les hommes de Micmas, 122;
German Elberfelder 1871	die Männer von Mikmas, 122;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Viri Machmas, centum viginti duo.