Nehemiah 7 · Verse 59

Nehemiah 7:59

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
Nehemiah 7:59, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:59 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.
WEBthe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, and the children of Amon.
ASVthe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
YLTsons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, sons of Amon.
DARBYthe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-Hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
BBEThe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
WebsterThe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

What does Nehemiah 7:59 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 7:59 in the original Hebrew

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בְּנֵ֧יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
שְׁפַטְיָ֣הshe.fat.YahShephatiahH8203
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
חַטִּ֗ילcha.TilHattilH2411
בְּנֵ֛יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
פֹּכֶ֥רֶתpo.Khe.retPokereth-H6380
הַצְּבָיִ֖יםha.tze.va.YimHazzebaimH6380
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
אָמֽוֹן\׃'a.MonAmonH526

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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:59

  • Ezra 2:57

    The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Amon.Instead of Amon, two of De Rossi's MSS. have Amin, and the LXX. have [Emim,] Emim; which nearly approaches the Ami of Ezra.
Ezr 2:57
Ami.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:58

    The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

  • Nehemiah 7:59

    The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

  • Nehemiah 7:60

    All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

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Nehemiah 7:59 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Sephatías, los hijos de Hattil, los hijos de Pochêreth-hassebaim, los hijos de Amón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils de Shephatia, les fils de Hattil, les fils de Pokéreth-Hatsebaïm, les fils d’Amon.
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Schephatjas, die Söhne Hattils, die Söhne Pokereths-Hazzebaim, die Söhne Amons.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Saphatia, filii Hatil, filii Phochereth, qui erat ortus ex Sabaim filio Amon.