Nehemiah 7 · Verse 67

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.
Nehemiah 7:67, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:67 in other translations

BSBin addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
WEBin addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. They had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
ASVbesides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
YLTapart from their servants and their handmaids--these are seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and of them are singers and songstresses, two hundred forty and five.
DARBYbesides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singing-men and singing-women.
BBEAs well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.
WebsterBesides their man-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven: and they had two hundred and forty five singing-men and singing-women.

What does Nehemiah 7:67 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 7:67 in the original Hebrew

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מִ֠לְּבַדMi.le.vad<from> <to> besidesH905
עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם'av.dei.Hemmale servants theirH5650
וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ve.'am.ho.tei.Hemand female servants theirH519
אֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'At[were] sevenH7651
אֲלָפִ֔ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
שְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshthreeH7969
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
וְשִׁבְעָ֑הve.shiv.'Ahand sevenH7651
וְלָהֶ֗םve.la.Hemand [belonged] to them
מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙me.sho.ra.Rimmale singersH7891
וּמְשֹׁ֣רֲר֔וֹתu.me.Sho.ra.Rotand female singersH7891
מָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundredH3967

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Cross references for Nehemiah 7:67

  • Ezra 2:65

    Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

  • Jeremiah 27:7

    And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

  • Isaiah 45:1-2

    Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

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their man-servants.
Isa 45:1,2; Jer 27:7
two hundred.
Ezr 2:65
200.

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Context

  • 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.

  • Nehemiah 7:68

    Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:

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Nehemiah 7:67 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sin sus siervos y siervas, que eran siete mil trescientos treinta y siete; y entre ellos había doscientos cuarenta y cinco cantores y cantoras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
sans compter leurs serviteurs et leurs servantes; ceux-ci étaient au nombre de 7 337; et parmi eux, il y avait 245 chanteurs et chanteuses.
German
Elberfelder 1871
außer ihren Knechten und ihren Mägden; dieser waren 7337. Und sie hatten 245 Sänger und Sängerinnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
absque servis et ancillis eorum, qui erant septem millia trecenti triginta septem, et inter eos cantores et cantatrices, ducenti quadraginta quinque.