Nehemiah 12:40

THE MESSAGE

The two choirs then took their places in The Temple of God. I was there with half of the officials, along with the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah with their trumpets. Also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, directed by Jezrahiah, made the rafters ring.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials accompanying me,

Hebrew Names Version
So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

King James Version
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:

English Standard Version
So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

New Century Version
The two choruses took their places at the Temple. Half of the leaders and I did also.

New English Translation
Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me,

Amplified Bible
Then the two choirs stood in the house of God. So did I, and half of the officials with me;

New American Standard Bible
Then the two choirs took their positions in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me;

World English Bible
So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

Geneva Bible (1587)
So stood the two companies (of them that gaue thankes) in the house of God, and I and the halfe of the rulers with me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me;

Berean Standard Bible
The two thanksgiving choirs then stood in the house of God, as did I, along with the half of the officials accompanying me,

Contemporary English Version
where we stood in front of the temple with the other group, praising God. In the group with me were half of the leaders,

Complete Jewish Bible
Thus stood the two choirs of those giving thanks in the house of God, with myself and half of the leaders with me.

Darby Translation
And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the two singing groups went to their places in God's Temple. And I stood in my place. And half the officials stood in their places in the Temple.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the two companies that gave thanks entered the house of the LORD, and I and the half of the chieftains who were with me;

Good News Translation
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Lexham English Bible
So the two choirs stood in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me;

Literal Translation
So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and half of the rulers with me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and so stode the two queres of thankesgeuynge of the house of God, and I and the halfe of the rulers with me,

American Standard Version
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;

Bible in Basic English
So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so stoode the two quyers of them that gaue thankes in the house of God, and I, & the halfe of the rulers with me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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;

King James Version (1611)
So stood the two companies of them that gaue thankes in the house of God, and I, and the halfe of the rulers with me:

English Revised Version
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:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei stoden in the yate of kepyng. And twei queeris of men heriynge stoden in the hows of God, and Y and the half part of magistratis with me.

Update Bible Version
So stood the two companies of those that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

New King James Version
So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, likewise I and the half of the rulers with me;

New Living Translation
The two choirs that were giving thanks then proceeded to the Temple of God, where they took their places. So did I, together with the group of leaders who were with me.

New Life Bible
Then the two groups stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the leaders with me,

New Revised Standard
So both companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the two choirs, came to a stand, at the house of God, - and I, and half the deputies with me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(12-39) And the two choirs of them that gave praise stood still at the house of God, and I and the half of the magistrates with me.

Revised Standard Version
So both companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

Young's Literal Translation
And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me;

Contextual Overview

²⁷When it came time for the dedication of the wall, they tracked down and brought in the Levites from all their homes in Jerusalem to carry out the dedication exuberantly: thanksgiving hymns, songs, cymbals, harps, and lutes. The singers assembled from all around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites, from Beth Gilgal, from the farms at Geba and Azmaveth—the singers had built villages for themselves all around Jerusalem. ³⁰ The priests and Levites ceremonially purified themselves; then they did the same for the people, the gates, and the wall. ³¹I had the leaders of Judah come up on the wall, and I appointed two large choirs. One proceeded on the wall to the right toward the Dung Gate. Hashaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them, including Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. Some of the young priests had trumpets. Next, playing the musical instruments of David the man of God, came Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, and his brothers Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. Ezra the scholar led them. ³⁷ At the Fountain Gate they went straight ahead, up the steps of the City of David using the wall stairway above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east. ³⁸The other choir proceeded to the left. I and half of the people followed them on the wall from the Tower of Furnaces to the Broad Wall, over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred as far as the Sheep Gate, stopping at the Prison Gate. ⁴⁰The two choirs then took their places in The Temple of God. I was there with half of the officials, along with the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah with their trumpets. Also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, directed by Jezrahiah, made the rafters ring. ⁴³ That day they offered great sacrifices, an exuberant celebration because God had filled them with great joy. The women and children raised their happy voices with all the rest. Jerusalem's jubilation was heard far and wide.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Nehemiah 12:31, Nehemiah 12:32, Psalms 42:4, Psalms 47:6-9, Psalms 134:1-3

Reciprocal: Ezra 3:11 - they sang Hebrews 13:15 - the sacrifice

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God,.... Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them:

and I, and the half of the rulers with me; Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, Nehemiah 12:32.