Nehemiah 7:4
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
Nehemiah 7:4 in other translations
| BSB | Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. |
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| WEB | Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built. |
| ASV | Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. |
| YLT | And the city is broad on both sides, and great, and the people are few in its midst, and there are no houses builded; |
| DARBY | Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built. |
| BBE | Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up. |
| Webster | Now the city was large and great: but the people in it were few, and the houses were not built. |
What does Nehemiah 7:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 7:1-4
Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.
Nehemiah 7:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:4
- Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- Isaiah 58:12
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
- Haggai 1:4-6
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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Context
- Nehemiah 7:3
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
- Nehemiah 7:4
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
- Nehemiah 7:5
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
Nehemiah 7:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y la ciudad era espaciosa y grande, pero poco pueblo dentro de ella, y no había casas reedificadas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Or la ville était spacieuse et grande, mais le peuple peu nombreux au milieu d’elle, et il n’y avait point de maisons bâties. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Stadt aber war geräumig und groß, und das Volk darin spärlich, und keine Häuser waren gebaut. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Civitas autem erat lata nimis et grandis, et populus parvus in medio ejus, et non erant domus ædificatæ. |