So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
The two thanksgiving choirs then stood in the house of God, as did I, along with the half of the officials accompanying me,
And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,
And both choirs stood in the house ofGod, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC