Nehemiah 7:5 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:

BSB

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

KJV

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

ASV

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:

BBE

And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:

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וַיִּתֵּן vai·yi·ten and he put H5414 אֱלֹהַי 'e·lo·hai God my H430 אֶל־ 'el- into H413 לִבִּי li·bi heart my H3820 וָאֶקְבְּצָה va·'ek·be·tzah and I assembled H6908 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַחֹרִים ha·cho·rim the nobles H2715 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 הַסְּגָנִים ha·se·ga·nim the officials H5461 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 לְהִתְיַחֵשׂ le·hit·ya·ches to have themselves enrolled H3187 וָאֶמְצָא va·'em·tza' and I found H4672 סֵפֶר se·fer [the] document of H5612 הַיַּחַשׂ hai·ya·chas the genealogy H3188 הָעוֹלִים ha·'o·lim the [ones who] came up H5927 בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה ba·ri·sho·nah at the first H7223 וָאֶמְצָא va·'em·tza' and I found H4672 כָּתוּב ka·tuv [was] written H3789 בּוֹ פ bo in it H9033

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 those who dedicate themselves, and their substance, to his service and glory!

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Topics

Israel, Prophecies Concerning Genealogy