4Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.


In Context

1 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.

2 And I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the citadel, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.

3 And I said to them that the gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun was hot, and that they should shut the doors and bar them while they stood by; and that there should be appointed watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one over against his house.

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

5 And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

6 These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

Nehemiah 7:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein, and the houses [were] not builded.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:4And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Now the city was wide and large: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4Now the city was large and great: but the people in it were few, and the houses were not built.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4And the city is broad on both sides, and great, and the people are few in its midst, and there are no houses builded;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.