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Contemporary English Version

Nehemiah 12:9

while Bakbukiah and Unno, together with their assistants, were responsible for the choral responses.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bakbukiah;   Nehemiah;   Night;   Unni;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Unni;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bakbukiah;   Ezra, the Book of;   Genealogy;   Nehemiah;   Unni;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bakbukiah;   Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Unni;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bakbukiah ;   Unni ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Bakbuki'ah;   Un'ni;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bakbukiah;   Unni;   Unno;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bakbukiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Bakbukiah, Unni, and their relatives stood opposite them in the services.
Hebrew Names Version
Also Bakbukyah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.
King James Version
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
English Standard Version
And Bakbukiah and Unni and their brothers stood opposite them in the service.
New Century Version
Bakbukiah and Unni, their relatives, stood across from them in the services.
New English Translation
Bakbukiah and Unni, their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.
Amplified Bible
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in their divisions of service.
New American Standard Bible
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in their service divisions.
World English Bible
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Bakbukiah & Vnni, and their brethren were about them in the watches.
Legacy Standard Bible
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in keeping their responsibilities.
Berean Standard Bible
Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.
Complete Jewish Bible
with Bakbukyah and ‘Uni, their kinsmen, singing antiphonally with them in the service.
Darby Translation
and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them as watches.
Easy-to-Read Version
Bakbukiah and Unni were the relatives of those Levites. These two men stood across from them in the services.
George Lamsa Translation
Also Bakbukah and Unni; their brethren were opposite to them in the watches.
Good News Translation
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Lexham English Bible
And Bakbukiah, Unno, their brothers stood opposite them during service.
Literal Translation
And Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were next to them in the watches.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Bacbuchia & Vnni and their brethre, were aboute them in the watches.
American Standard Version
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices.
Bible in Basic English
And Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them in their watches.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Bacbucio, and Hanni, and their brethren, were about them in the watches.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in wards.
King James Version (1611)
Also Bakbukiah, and Unni; their brethren, were ouer against them in the watches.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
(12:8A) and his brethren were appointed to the daily courses.
English Revised Version
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them in wards.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Bezechie, and Ezanny, and the britheren of hem, ech man in his office.
Update Bible Version
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were next to them according to their offices.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the watches.
New King James Version
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, stood across from them in their duties.
New Living Translation
Their associates, Bakbukiah and Unni, stood opposite them during the service.
New Life Bible
Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood beside them in their work.
New Revised Standard
And Bakbukiah and Unno their associates stood opposite them in the service.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Bakbukiah and Unno their brethren, were over against them, in wards.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Becbecia, and Hanni, and their brethren every one in his office.
Revised Standard Version
And Bakbuki'ah and Unno their brethren stood opposite them in the service.
Young's Literal Translation
and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [are] over-against them in charges.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in their service divisions.

Contextual Overview

1 Many priests and Levites had returned from Babylonia with Zerubbabel and Joshua as their leaders. Those priests were Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and another Jedaiah. These were the leading priests and their assistants during the time of Joshua. 8 The Levites who returned were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. They and their assistants were responsible for the songs of praise, 9 while Bakbukiah and Unno, together with their assistants, were responsible for the choral responses. 10 Joshua was the father of Joiakim, the grandfather of Eliashib, and the great-grandfather of Joiada.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

over against: Psalms 134:1-3

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 11:17 - Bakbukiah Nehemiah 12:24 - ward Nehemiah 12:25 - Mattaniah

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Please save my life by saying that you are my sister."
Genesis 12:14
As soon as Abram and Sarai arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians noticed how beautiful she was.
Genesis 13:1
Abram and Sarai took everything they owned and went to the Southern Desert. Lot went with them.
Genesis 13:3
Abram moved from place to place in the Southern Desert. And finally, he went north and set up his tents between Bethel and Ai,
Genesis 24:62
At that time Isaac was living in the southern part of Canaan near a place called "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me."
Psalms 105:13
We wandered from nation to nation, from one country to another.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Also Bakbukiah and Unni,.... Two other Levites; the first is mentioned in Nehemiah 11:17,

their brethren, were over against them in the watches; the Levites were divided into twenty four wards, and these were placed one against another, 1 Chronicles 23:6.


 
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