Nehemiah 12:31

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I appointed the leaders of Judah to go up on the wall, and I appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went in procession to the right on the wall, toward the Dung Gate.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof o went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of those who gave thanks, of which one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the Dung Gate.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; [whereof one went] on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And I caused the prynces to go vp vpon the wall, and appoynted two greate queres of thankesgeuynge, which wete on the righte hande of the wall towarde the Donggate,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And I brought vp the princes of Iudah vpon the wall, and appointed two great companies to giue thankes, and the one went on the right hand of the wall toward the dung gate.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I brought the princes of Iuda vpon the wall, and appoynted two great quyers of men to geue thankes, whiche went on the right hande of the wall towarde the doung gate.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. [One went] on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I bring up the heads of Judah upon the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the dung-gate;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; `whereof one went' on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; [whereof one went] on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then I made the rulers of Judah come up on the wall, and I put in position two great bands of them who gave praise, walking in ordered lines; one went to the right on the wall, in the direction of the doorway where the waste was put;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. [One went] on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 2:13 : 13 At night, I went out through the Valley Gate, toward the Dragon's Spring and the Dung Gate. I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates, which had been consumed by fire.
  • Neh 12:38 : 38 The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed them with half the people on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,
  • Neh 12:40 : 40 The two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me.
  • Neh 3:13-14 : 13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate. 14 Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-Haccerem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
  • 1 Chr 13:1 : 1 David consulted with the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
  • 1 Chr 28:1 : 1 David assembled all the leaders of Israel—the tribal leaders, the commanders of the divisions that served the king, the leaders of thousands and of hundreds, the officials in charge of the king's property and livestock, and all the soldiers and mighty warriors—at Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chr 5:2 : 2 Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the chiefs of the ancestral families of the Israelites in Jerusalem to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from the City of David, which is Zion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 12:37-41
    5 verses
    83%

    37At the Fountain Gate, they went straight up the stairs of the City of David, on the ascent to the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.

    38The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed them with half the people on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,

    39and above the Gate of Ephraim, the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, and as far as the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

    40The two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me.

    41And the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—were with the trumpets.

  • Neh 12:30
    81%

    30The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

  • Neh 12:32
    77%

    32Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,

  • Neh 12:27
    73%

    27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgiving and with singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

  • Neh 7:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1When the wall was completed and I had set up the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

    2I put my brother Hanani and Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most people.

  • Neh 2:13-17
    5 verses
    72%

    13At night, I went out through the Valley Gate, toward the Dragon's Spring and the Dung Gate. I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates, which had been consumed by fire.

    14I continued on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal I was riding to pass through.

    15So I went up the valley at night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and re-entered through the Valley Gate, returning the way I came.

    16The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or any others who would be doing the work.

    17Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates have been burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace."

  • Neh 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

    14Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-Haccerem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

  • Neh 3:1
    71%

    1Then Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests arose and built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors, and they consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

  • Neh 12:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24The leaders of the Levites were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, as prescribed by David, the man of God, alternating duty by duty.

    25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storerooms by the gates.

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    71%

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  • Neh 13:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21But I warned them and said, "Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will lay hands on you." From that time on, they did not come on the Sabbath.

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  • Neh 12:8
    70%

    8And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
    70%

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  • 2 Chr 31:2
    70%

    2Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites, each man according to his service—priests and Levites alike—for burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to sing praises at the gates of the Lord’s camp.

  • Neh 13:9
    70%

    9Then I ordered the rooms to be purified, and I brought back the articles of the house of God, along with the grain offerings and the incense.

  • Ezek 46:19
    69%

    19Then he brought me through the entrance that was at the side of the gate to the holy chambers facing north, which were for the priests. And there, I saw a place at the far west end.

  • 2 Chr 29:16
    69%

    16The priests entered the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it. They brought out all the unclean things they found in the temple of the LORD and carried them to the courtyard of the house of the LORD. The Levites then took them and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

  • Jer 35:4
    69%

    4And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah, son of Shallum, the gatekeeper.

  • Jer 17:19
    69%

    19This is what the LORD said to me: 'Go and stand at the gate of the people through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, and also at all the gates of Jerusalem.'

  • Neh 3:32
    69%

    32Between the upper room at the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.

  • 2 Chr 32:6
    69%

    6He also appointed military commanders over the people and gathered them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, saying:

  • Ezek 11:1
    69%

    1The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the house of the Lord, which faces eastward, and I saw twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

  • Neh 13:30
    69%

    30Thus I purified them from everything foreign and assigned duties to the priests and Levites, each to his task.

  • Ezra 8:24
    69%

    24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.

  • 2 Chr 29:4
    69%

    4He brought in the priests and the Levites, and he gathered them in the open square on the east.

  • Neh 12:46
    69%

    46For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were leaders of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

  • Neh 12:44
    68%

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    68%

    11So I rebuked the officials and asked, "Why is the house of God neglected?" Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.

  • Neh 3:26
    68%

    26The temple servants who lived on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    68%

    12These divisions of the gatekeepers were assigned to the leading men to have responsibilities beside their brothers, to serve in the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    68%

    19He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one who was unclean in any way could enter.

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    68%

    3They said to me, 'Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.'

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    68%

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    68%

    34Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah.

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    68%

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    68%

    8When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed His people Israel.

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    68%

    2The people praised all those who willingly volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 2:9
    67%

    9So I went to the governors of the region beyond the Euphrates and gave them the king's letters. The king also sent army officers and cavalry with me.