Nehemiah 7:5

¶ And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

And my God {H430} put {H5414} into mine heart {H3820} to gather together {H6908} the nobles {H2715}, and the rulers {H5461}, and the people {H5971}, that they might be reckoned by genealogy {H3187}. And I found {H4672} a register {H5612} of the genealogy {H3188} of them which came up {H5927} at the first {H7223}, and found {H4672} written {H3789} therein,

My God put it in my heart to assemble the nobles, the leaders and the people, so that they could be registered according to their genealogies. I located the record of the genealogies of those who had come up at the beginning and found written in it:

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:

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Cross-References

  • James 1:16 (2 votes)

    Do not err, my beloved brethren.

  • Nehemiah 6:14 (2 votes)

    My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:16 (2 votes)

    ¶ But thanks [be] to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

  • Colossians 1:29 (2 votes)

    Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:5 (2 votes)

    Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God;

  • 1 Chronicles 9:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they [were] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, [who] were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:9 (2 votes)

    And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men [were] chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.