Nehemiah 7:4 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 7:4

Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

KJV

Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The people were few - The number of those who returned with Zerubbabel was no more than 42,360 Neh 7:66. Less than 2,000 people had come with Ezra Ezra 8:1-20.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The city, in compass, was large and great. The walls enclosed the same ground as formerly; but much of it lay waste, for the houses were not built, few at least in comparison with what had been; so that Nehemiah walled the city in faith, and with an eye to that promise of the replenishing of it which God had lately made by the prophet, Zech. viii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This extent, in the then state of Jerusalem, was the more observable as the population was comparatively small, and the habitations of the most rude and simple construction--mere wooden sheds or coverings of loose, unmortared stones.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָעִ֞יר	ve.ha.'Ir	and the city	H5892 →
רַחֲבַ֤ת	ra.cha.Vat	[was] broad of	H7342 →
יָדַ֙יִם֙	ya.Da.yim	both hands	H3027 →
וּגְדוֹלָ֔ה	u.ge.do.Lah	and large	H1419 →
וְהָעָ֥ם	ve.ha.'Am	and the people	H5971 →
מְעַ֖ט	me.'At	[were] few	H4592 →
בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ	be.to.Khah	in [the] midst of it	H8432 →
וְאֵ֥ין	ve.'Ein	and not	H369 →
בָּתִּ֖ים	ba.Tim	houses	H1004 →
בְּנוּיִֽם׃	be.nu.Yim	[were] rebuilt	H1129 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
leads to
- Luke 12:31
  But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
- Matthew 5:6
  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- John 6:27
  Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…
- Psalms 34:9–10
  Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Psalms 84:11–12
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Through
Isaiah 58:12
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
leads to
- Isaiah 61:4
  They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Amos 9:14
  I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Ezekiel 36:33
  This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.

About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Nehemiah