Nehemiah 7 · Verse 69

Nehemiah 7:69

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

Nehemiah 7:69, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:69 in other translations

BSB	435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
WEB	their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
ASV	their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
YLT	camels, four hundred thirty and five; asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
DARBY	the camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
BBE	Four hundred and thirty-five camels, six thousand, seven hundred and twenty asses.
Webster	Their camels, four hundred and thirty five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

What does Nehemiah 7:69 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five - After this verse St. Jerome has inserted the following words in the Vulgate: - Hucusque refertur quid in commentario scriptum fuerit; exin Nehemiae historia texitur. "Thus far do the words extend which were written in the register; what follows belongs to the history of Nehemiah." But this addition is not found either in the Hebrew or any of the ancient versions. It is wanting also in the Complutum and Paris Polyglots, but is in the Editio Prima of the Vulgate.

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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 7:69 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.

גְּמַלִּ֕יםge.ma.LimcamelsH1581

אַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'fourH702

מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967

שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה\ \סva.cha.mi.Shahand fiveH2568

חֲמֹרִ֕יםcha.mo.RimdonkeysH2543

שֵׁ֣שֶׁתShe.shetsixH8337

אֲלָפִ֔ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505

שְׁבַ֥עshe.Va'sevenH7651

מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967

וְעֶשְׂרִֽים\׃ve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Here Jerome adds, in the Vulgate, {Hucusque refertur quid in commentario scriptum fuerit; exin Nehemiæ historia texitur:} "Thus far do the words extend which were written in the register; what follows belongs to the history of Nehemiah." This addition is not found in the Hebrew, or any ancient version: it is also wanting in the Paris and Complutensian Polyglotts; but is found in the Editio Prima of the Vulgate. What follows, however, seems to relate to a distinct oblation from that recorded in Ezra; and was probably made after the people were registered by Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, or governor, at this time, as Zerubbabel had been at the first return of the Jews from captivity. Blessed be God that our faith and hope are not built upon the niceties of names and numbers, genealogy and chronology, but on the great things of the law and gospel. Whatever is given to the work of God and his cause will surely be remembered by him (Heb 6:10).
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Context

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.
Nehemiah 7:70
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.

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Nehemiah 7:69 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Camellos, cuatrocientos treinta y cinco; asnos, seis mil setecientos y veinte.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et une partie des chefs des pères firent des dons pour l’œuvre. Le Thirshatha donna au trésor 1 000 dariques d’or, 50 bassins, 530 tuniques de sacrificateurs.
German Elberfelder 1871	der Kamele 435,der Esel 6720.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	cameli eorum, quadringenti triginta quinque: asini, sex millia septingenti viginti.