Nehemiah 7 · Verse 9

Nehemiah 7:9

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Nehemiah 7:9, King James Version

Nehemiah 7:9 in other translations

BSBthe descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
WEBThe children of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy-two.
ASVThe children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
YLTSons of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy and two.
DARBYThe children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
BBEThe children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
WebsterThe children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy two.

What does Nehemiah 7:9 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 7:9 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.

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
שְׁפַטְיָ֔הshe.fat.YahShephatiahH8203
שְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshthreeH7969
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImseventyH7657
וּשְׁנָֽיִם\׃\ \סu.she.Na.yimand twoH8147

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 7:9

  • Ezra 2:4

    The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

  • Ezra 8:8

    And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Shephatiah.
Ezr 2:4; 8:8

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Context

  • Nehemiah 7:8

    The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

  • Nehemiah 7:9

    The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

  • Nehemiah 7:10

    The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

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Nehemiah 7:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Sephatías, trescientos setenta y dos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les fils de Shephatia, 372;
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Söhne Schephatjas, 372;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Saphatia, trecenti septuaginta duo: