Nehemiah 7:5
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,
KJV
Deus autem dedit in corde meo, et congregavi optimates, et magistratus, et vulgus, ut recenserem eos : et inveni librum census eorum qui ascenderant primum, et inventum est scriptum in eo.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου, καὶ συνῆξα τοὺς ἐντίμους καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας καὶ τὸν λαὸν εἰς συνοδίας· καὶ εὗρον βιβλίον τῆς συνοδίας οἳ ἀνέβησαν ἐν πρώτοις, καὶ εὗρον γεγραμμένον ἐν αὐτῷ
LXX
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:
ASV
וַ/יִּתֵּ֤ן אֱלֹהַ/י֙ אֶל לִבִּ֔/י וָ/אֶקְבְּצָ֞/ה אֶת הַ/חֹרִ֧ים וְ/אֶת הַ/סְּגָנִ֛ים וְ/אֶת הָ/עָ֖ם לְ/הִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ וָֽ/אֶמְצָ֗א סֵ֤פֶר הַ/יַּ֨חַשׂ֙ הָ/עוֹלִ֣ים בָּ/רִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה וָ/אֶמְצָ֖א כָּת֥וּב בּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 9:1 — So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
- 2Cor 3:5 — Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
- Neh 7:64 — These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.