Nehemiah 7 · Verse 68

Nehemiah 7:68

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

Nehemiah 7:68, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:68 in other translations

BSB	They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
WEB	Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
ASV	Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
YLT	Their horses are seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred and forty and five;
DARBY	Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;
BBE	They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts;
Webster	Their horses, seven hundred and thirty six: their mules, two hundred and forty five:

What does Nehemiah 7:68 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 68 Their horses, etc. - The whole of this verse is wanting in fifty of Kennicott's MSS., and in twenty-nine of those of De Rossi, in the edition of Rab. Chayim, 1525, in the Roman Edit. of the Septuagint; also in the Syriac and in the Arabic. It should however be observed, that the Arabic omits the whole list, having nothing of the chapter but the first five verses. The whole is found in the parallel place, Ezr 2:66. Calmet's note on this passage is incorrect.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 7:68 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.

סוּסֵיהֶםsu.sei.Hemhorses theirH5483

שְׁבַעshe.Va'sevenH7651

מֵאוֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967

שְׁלֹשִׁיםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970

וְשִׁשָּׁהve.shi.Shahand sixH8337

פִּרְדֵיהֶםpir.dei.Hemmules theirH6505

מָאתַיִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundredH3967

וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםve.'ar.ba.'Imand fortyH705

וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה\׃\ \סva.cha.mi.Shahand fiveH2568

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:68

Ezra 2:66-67
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezr 2:66,67

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

Context

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:
Nehemiah 7:69
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

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Nehemiah 7:68 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Sus caballos, setecientos treinta y seis; sus mulos, doscientos cuarenta y cinco;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ils avaient 736 chevaux, 245 mulets, 435 chameaux, et 6 720 ânes.
German Elberfelder 1871	Ihrer Rosse waren 736,ihrer Maultiere 245,
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Equi eorum, septingenti triginta sex: muli eorum, ducenti quadraginta quinque: