Nehemiah 7 · Verse 44

Nehemiah 7:44

The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:44, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:44 in other translations

BSBThe singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.
WEBThe singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred forty-eight.
ASVThe singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.
YLTThe singers: sons of Asaph: a hundred forty and eight.
DARBYThe singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
BBEThe music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
WebsterThe singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty eight.

What does Nehemiah 7:44 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 7:44 in the original Hebrew

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הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑יםham.sho.re.Rimthe singersH7891
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
אָסָ֔ף'a.SafAsaphH623
מֵאָ֖הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה\׃\ \סu.she.mo.Nahand eightH8083

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:44

  • Ezra 2:41

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

  • 1 Chronicles 25:2

    Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The singers.
1Ch 25:2; Ezr 2:41
128. an hundred.One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. reads in the parallel place of Ezra, "an hundred and forty and eight," as here.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Nehemiah 7:45

    The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

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Nehemiah 7:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cantores: los hijos de Asaph, ciento cuarenta y ocho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Chantres: les fils d’Asaph, 148.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Sänger: die Söhne Asaphs, 148. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Oduiæ, septuaginta quatuor. Cantores: