Nehemiah 7 · Verse 42

Nehemiah 7:42

The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
Nehemiah 7:42, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:42 in other translations

BSBand the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
WEBThe children of Harim: one thousand seventeen.
ASVThe children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
YLTsons of Harim: a thousand and seventeen.
DARBYThe children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
BBEThe children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
WebsterThe children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

What does Nehemiah 7:42 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 7:42 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
חָרִ֔םcha.RimHarimH2766
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefone thousandH505
שִׁבְעָ֥הshiv.'Ahseven-H7651
עָשָֽׂר\׃\ \פ'a.SarteenH6240

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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:42

  • 1 Chronicles 24:8

    The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

  • Ezra 2:39

    The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

  • Ezra 10:31

    And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

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Harim.
1Ch 24:8; Ezr 2:39; 10:31

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:41

    The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

  • Nehemiah 7:42

    The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

  • Nehemiah 7:43

    The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

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Nehemiah 7:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Harim, mil diez y siete.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils de Harim, 1 017.
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Harims, 1017.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii Arem, mille decem et septem. Levitæ: