Nehemiah 7:4

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

American King James Version (AKJV)

Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.

Webster's Revision

Now the city was large and great: but the people in it were few, and the houses were not built.

World English Bible

Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

English Revised Version (ERV)

Now the city was wide and large: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

Clarke's Nehemiah 7:4 Bible Commentary

The houses were not builded - The city was not yet rebuilt, only a row of houses in the inside of the wall all round.

Barnes's Nehemiah 7:4 Bible Commentary

The people were few - The number of those who returned with Zerubbabel was no more than 42,360 Nehemiah 7:66. Less than 2,000 people had come with Ezra Ezra 8:1-20.