Parallel Verses

Amplified

Now when the wall had been rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,

New American Standard Bible

Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

King James Version

Now 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,

Holman Bible

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

International Standard Version

After the wall had been completed and its doors installed, then the gatekeepers, singers, and descendants of Levi were appointed.

A Conservative Version

Now 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,

American Standard Version

Now 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,

Bible in Basic English

Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,

Darby Translation

And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be as the wall was built, and I shall set up the doors, and the gate-keepers, and those singing, and the Levites will be appointed.

King James 2000

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now when the wall had been built and I had erected the doors and appointed the gatekeepers, singers, and the Levites,

Modern King James verseion

And it happened when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were chosen,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Now when we had builded the wall I hanged on the doors; and the porters, singers and Levites were appointed.

NET Bible

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

New Heart English Bible

Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, - and the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites had been appointed,

Webster

Now 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,

World English Bible

Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now it came to pass, when the wall
חומה 
Chowmah 
Usage: 133

בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

and I had set up
עמד 
`amad 
Usage: 521

the doors
דּלת 
Deleth 
Usage: 88

and the porters
שׁער שׁוער 
Show`er 
Usage: 37

and the singers
שׁוּר שׁירo 
Shiyr 
Usage: 86

and the Levites
לוי לויּי 
Leviyiy 
Usage: 283

References

Context Readings

Opposition To The Completed Wall

1 Now when the wall had been rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed, 2 I put my brother Hanani, with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many [of the others].



Cross References

Nehemiah 6:1

Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, although at that time I had not set up doors in the gates,

Nehemiah 6:15

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.

1 Chronicles 23:1-32

When David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 25:1-26

Moreover, David and the commanders of the army selected for the [temple] service some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals. The list of the musicians who performed their service was as follows:

2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests, and the Levites by their divisions, each in accordance with his service, both the priests and Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord.

Ezra 3:8

In the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began [the work], with the rest of their brothers—the priests and Levites and all who came to Jerusalem from the captivity. They appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to oversee the work of the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 3:1-32

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; and they consecrated the wall [westward] to the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.

Nehemiah 10:39

For the Israelites and the sons of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the chambers; the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers, and the singers are there. In this manner, we will not neglect the house of our God.

Nehemiah 11:3

These are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah everyone lived on his property in their cities—the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.

Nehemiah 12:24

The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, as commanded by David the man of God, [one] division [singing] in response to [the men in the opposite] division.

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