Nehemiah 7 · Verse 43

Nehemiah 7:43

The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
Nehemiah 7:43, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:43 in other translations

BSBThe Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.
WEBThe Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four.
ASVThe Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
YLTThe Levites: sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel: of sons of Hodevah: seventy and four.
DARBYThe Levites: the children of Jeshua and of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodvah, seventy-four.
BBEThe Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.
WebsterThe Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy four.

What does Nehemiah 7:43 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 7:43 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.

הַלְוִיִּ֑םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
יֵשׁ֧וּעַye.Shu.a'JeshuaH3442
לְקַדְמִיאֵ֛לle.kad.mi.'Elof KadmielH6934
לִבְנֵ֥יliv.Neiof [the] descendantsH1121
לְהוֹדְוָ֖הle.hod.Vahof HodaviahH1937
שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImseventyH7657
וְאַרְבָּעָֽה\׃\ \סve.'ar.ba.'Ahand fourH702

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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:43

  • Ezra 2:40

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

  • Nehemiah 3:9

    And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.

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Hodevah.
Ezr 2:40
Hodaviah.
3:9
Judah.

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Context

  • 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.

  • Nehemiah 7:44

    The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

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Nehemiah 7:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Levitas: los hijos de Jesuá, de Cadmiel, de los hijos de Odevía, setenta y cuatro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Lévites: les fils de Jéshua et de Kadmiel, d’entre les fils d’Hodva, 74.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Leviten: die Söhne Jeschuas und Kadmiels, von den Söhnen Hodwas, 74. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Josue et Cedmihel filiorum