Nehemiah 7 · Verse 66

Nehemiah 7:66

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
Nehemiah 7:66, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:66 in other translations

BSBThe whole assembly numbered 42,360,
WEBThe whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
ASVThe whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
YLTAll the assembly together is four myriads two thousand three hundred and sixty,
DARBYThe whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
BBEThe number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty;
WebsterThe whole congregation together was forty two thousand three hundred and sixty.

What does Nehemiah 7:66 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 7:66 in the original Hebrew

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כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַקָּהָ֖לha.ka.Halthe assemblyH6951
כְּאֶחָ֑דke.'e.Chadas oneH259
אַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'fourH702
רִבּ֔וֹאri.Bo'ten thousandH7239
אַלְפַּ֖יִם'al.Pa.yimtwo thousandH505
שְׁלֹשׁ\־she.losh-threeH7969
מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
וְשִׁשִּֽׁים\׃ve.shi.Shimand sixtyH8346

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:66

  • Ezra 2:64

    The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:65

    And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

  • Nehemiah 7:66

    The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

  • Nehemiah 7:67

    Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

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Nehemiah 7:66 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La congregación toda junta era de cuarenta y dos mil trescientos y sesenta,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Toute la congrégation réunie était de 42 360 personnes,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die ganze Versammlung insgesamt war 42360,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnis multitudo quasi vir unus quadraginta duo millia trecenti sexaginta,