Nehemiah 12:39

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

and 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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hanael, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And from above the Gate of Ephraim, and above the Old Gate, and above the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of Meah, even to the Sheep Gate, and they stopped at the Prison Gate.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and to ye porte of Ephraim, and to the Oldgate, and to ye Fyshgate, and to the tower of Hananeel, and to the tower of Meah, vntyll the Shepegate. And in ye presongate stode they styll,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And vpon the gate of Ephraim, and vpon the olde gate, and vpon the fishgate, & the towre of Hananeel, and the towre of Meah, euen vnto the sheepegate: and they stood in the gate of the warde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And beyonde the port of Ephraim, and beyonde the old gate, beyonde the fishe gate, and the towre of Hananeel, & the towre of Mea, euen vnto the sheepe gate and they stoode still in the prison gate.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and from beyond the gate of Ephraim, and by the old-gate, and by the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and unto the sheep-gate -- and they have stood at the prison-gate.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 3:1 : 1 Then 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 3:3 : 3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams, set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
  • Neh 3:6 : 6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They laid its beams, set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
  • Neh 8:16 : 16 So the people went out, brought back branches, and built booths for themselves on their roofs, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of the house of God, in the square by the Water Gate, and in the square by the Gate of Ephraim.
  • Neh 3:25 : 25 Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that projects from the upper palace near the court of the guard. After him, Pedaiah son of Parosh made repairs.
  • 2 Kgs 14:13 : 13 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then he went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits long.
  • Neh 3:31-32 : 31 After him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner. 32 Between the upper room at the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
  • Jer 31:38 : 38 The days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD, from the Tower of Hananeel to the Corner Gate.
  • Jer 32:2 : 2 At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard located in the palace of the king of Judah.
  • Zeph 1:10 : 10 On that day—this is the Lord’s declaration—there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, wailing from the Second District, and a loud crash from the hills.
  • John 5:2 : 2 Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five covered colonnades.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    82%

    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.

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  • Neh 12:40
    80%

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    79%

    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 3:25-29
    5 verses
    77%

    25Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that projects from the upper palace near the court of the guard. After him, Pedaiah son of Parosh made repairs.

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    27After them, the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.

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    29After them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. After him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.

  • Neh 12:30-31
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    76%

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

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  • Neh 3:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

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

  • Neh 3:6
    74%

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  • Neh 3:3
    74%

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    2 verses
    74%

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    3 verses
    73%

    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.

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    2 verses
    73%

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    2 verses
    72%

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    72%

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    72%

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  • Neh 3:15
    71%

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    71%

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    4 verses
    71%

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    19Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner courtyard's gate; it was one hundred cubits eastward and northward.

    20He measured a gate that faced north, belonging to the outer courtyard. Its length and width were measured.

    21Its guardrooms—three on each side—its posts and its porches had the same dimensions as the first gate, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

  • Neh 3:13
    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.

  • Ezek 42:10
    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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  • 2 Chr 33:14
    71%

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  • Ezek 40:23
    71%

    23There was a gate to the inner courtyard opposite the northern and the eastern gates, and he measured the distance—one hundred cubits from gate to gate.

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    2 verses
    70%

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  • 1 Chr 9:18
    70%

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    70%

    32Then he brought me to the inner courtyard, facing east, measured the gate, and its dimensions were the same as the others.

  • 2 Kgs 11:6
    70%

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  • 1 Chr 26:12
    70%

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    70%

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    70%

    1Then He brought me to the gate, the one that faces east.

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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