Nehemiah 11:2 “And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusale…”

Nehemiah 11:2

And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

World English Bible

The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version

And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the people thanked all the men that were willing to dwell in Ierusalem.

Darby Translation

And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation

and the people give a blessing to all the men who are offering themselves willingly to dwell in Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English

And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.

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Cross references

“blessed”

Deuteronomy 24:13 Job 29:13 Job 31:20

Deuteronomy 24:13 · BSB

be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

Job 29:13 · BSB

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Job 31:20 · BSB

if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

“willingly”

Judges 5:9 2 Corinthians 8:16 2 Corinthians 8:17

Judges 5:9 · BSB

My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

2 Corinthians 8:16 · BSB

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

2 Corinthians 8:17 · BSB

For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.

3These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

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