Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
WEB
Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
YLT
And the city is broad on both sides, and great, and the people are few in its midst, and there are no houses builded;
DBT
Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC