Nehemiah 7:4
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
Now the city was †large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
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- †Hebrew wordingHebr. broad in spaces.
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- Haggai 1:4–6Rank 1 from verse 4
4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
4 Is it time for you, O yee, to dwell in your sieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5Nowe therefore thus saith the LORD of hostes; †Consider your wayes.
6Yee haue *sowen much and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: yee drinke, but yee are not filled with drinke: yee cloth you, but there is none warme: and hee that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag †with holes.
- Isaiah 58:12Rank 2 from verse 4
12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
12*And they that shall be of thee, shall builde the olde waste places: thou shalt raise vp the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.
- Matthew 6:33Rank 3 from verse 4
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Nehemiah 7:4
Great in size, extent, amount, or capacity; broad or spacious.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.
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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of build, meaning to construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.
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7:1NOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
7:1¶ Now it came to passe when the wall was built, and I had set vp the doores; and the porters, and the singers, and the Leuites were appointed,
7:2That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
7:2That 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.)
7:3And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
7:3And 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.
7:4Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
7:4Now the city was †large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
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