Nehemiah 7:4
“Now the city was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.”
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Nehemiah 7:4 Context
2That I gaue my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge ouer Ierusalem (for hee was a faithfull man, and feared God aboue many.) 3And I said vnto them, Let not the gates of Ierusalem be opened, vntill the Sunne bee hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doores, and barre them. And appoint watches of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, euery one in his wateh, and euery one to bee ouer against his house. 4Now the city was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. 5¶ And my God put into mine heart, to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, & the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogie. And I found a register of the genealogie of them which came vp at the first, and found written therein; 6These are the children of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie, of those that had beene caried away whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had caried away, and came againe to Ierusalem and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie:
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Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein, and the houses [were] not builded.
- King James Version
Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few and the houses were not built.
- New American Standard Version (1995)