Nehemiah 8:3
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
KJV
Et legit in eo aperte in platea quæ erat ante portam aquarum, de mane usque ad mediam diem, in conspectu virorum et mulierum, et sapientium : et aures omnis populi erant erectæ ad librum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀνέγνω ἐν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ διαφωτίσαι τὸν ἥλιον ἕως ἡμίσους τῆς ἡμέρας ἀπέναντι τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ τῶν γυναικῶν, καὶ αὐτοὶ συνιέντες· καὶ ὦτα παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ εἰς τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ νόμου.
LXX
And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
ASV
וַ/יִּקְרָא ב/וֹ֩ לִ/פְנֵ֨י הָ/רְח֜וֹב אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִ/פְנֵ֣י שַֽׁעַר הַ/מַּ֗יִם מִן הָ/אוֹר֙ עַד מַחֲצִ֣ית הַ/יּ֔וֹם נֶ֛גֶד הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֥ים וְ/הַ/נָּשִׁ֖ים וְ/הַ/מְּבִינִ֑ים וְ/אָזְנֵ֥י כָל הָ/עָ֖ם אֶל סֵ֥פֶר הַ/תּוֹרָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 20:7 — And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
- Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
- Luke 4:16 — And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
- Luke 19:48 — And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
- Neh 3:26 — Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
- Neh 8:16 — So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water
- Neh 9:3 — And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
- Neh 12:37 — And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
- Rev 2:29 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
- Rev 3:22 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.