Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Amplified

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

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 we had builded the wall I hanged on the doors; and the porters, singers and Levites were appointed. 2 And I commanded my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace at Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God more than did many others,

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:1

And when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the others of our enemies heard that I had builded the wall, and that there were no more gaps therein - howbeit at the same time had I not hanged the doors upon the gates -

Nehemiah 6:15

And the wall was finished on the five and twentieth day of the month Elul, in two and fifty days.

1 Chronicles 23:1-32

And when David was old and stricken in years, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 25:1-26

And David and the captains of the host appointed out to do service, the sons of Asaph of Heman and Jeduthun, which did prophesy with harps, psalteries and cymbals. And they were numbered unto the work according to their office.

2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah set the priests and the Levites in their order to wait by course, every man according to his office whether priest or Levite, for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to minister and to thank and to pray in the gates of the lodge of the LORD.

Ezra 3:8

In the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem: and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and above, to see that the work of the house of the LORD went forward.

Nehemiah 3:1-32

And Eliashib the high priest gat him up with his brethren the priests, and builded the Sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up the doors of it: even unto the tower of Meah hallowed they it, namely unto the tower of Hananel.

Nehemiah 10:39

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring up the heave offerings of the corn, wine, and oil unto the chests. And there shall be the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and singers, that we forsake not the house of our God.

Nehemiah 11:3

These are the heads of the land that dwelt at Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah; And every one dwelt in his possession, and in their cities of Israel, the priests, Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

Nehemiah 12:24

And these were the chief among the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brethren over against them, to give praise and thanks, according as David the man of God had ordained it, one watch over against another.

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