Nehemiah 7:4
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New International Version (©1984)
Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few and the houses were not built.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The city was large and wide-open. Few people were in it, and no houses were being built.

King James Bible
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

American King James Version
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

American Standard Version
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

Bible in Basic English
Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built.

Darby Bible Translation
Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.

English Revised Version
Now the city was wide and large: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now the city was large and great: but the people in it were few, and the houses were not built.

World English Bible
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

Young's Literal Translation
And the city is broad on both sides, and great, and the people are few in its midst, and there are no houses builded;

Geneva Study Bible

Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

King James Translators' Notes

large: Heb. broad in spaces

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. Now the city was large and great-The walls being evidently built on the old foundations, the city covered a large extent of surface, as all Oriental towns do, the houses standing apart with gardens and orchards intervening. This extent, in the then state of Jerusalem, was the more observable as the population was comparatively small, and the habitations of the most rude and simple construction-mere wooden sheds or coverings of loose, unmortared stones.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:1-4 Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.


Nehemiah 7:3 Then I said to them, "Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house."
Nehemiah 7:5 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the following record: (NASB ©1995)

Broad Builded Built City Few Great Houses Large Midst Rebuilt Sides Small Spacious Therein Wide Within


Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

large and great. Heb. broad in spaces. the houses Isa 58:12 Hag 1:4-6 Mt 6:33

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