Nehemiah 7:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
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.
Webster's Revision
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Now the city was wide and large: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
Clarke's Nehemiah 7:4 Bible Commentary
The houses were not builded - The city was not yet rebuilt, only a row of houses in the inside of the wall all round.
Barnes's Nehemiah 7:4 Bible Commentary
The people were few - The number of those who returned with Zerubbabel was no more than 42,360 Nehemiah 7:66. Less than 2,000 people had come with Ezra Ezra 8:1-20.
