Nehemiah 3:5 “Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put t…”

Nehemiah 3:5

Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

World English Bible

Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the Lord’s work.

American Standard Version

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

And next vnto them fortified the Tekoites: but the great men of them put not their neckes to the worke of their lordes.

Darby Translation

And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

Young's Literal Translation

and by his hand have the Tekoites strengthened, and their honourable ones have not brought in their neck to the service of their Lord.

Bible in Basic English

Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

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Cross references

“the Tekoites”

Nehemiah 3:27 2 Samuel 14:2 Amos 1:1

Nehemiah 3:27 · BSB

And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.

2 Samuel 14:2 · BSB

So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long…

Amos 1:1 · BSB

These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel…

“their nobles”

Judges 5:23 1 Corinthians 1:26 Jeremiah 5:4 Jeremiah 5:5 1 Timothy 6:17 1 Timothy 6:18

Judges 5:23 · BSB

‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

1 Corinthians 1:26 · BSB

Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

Jeremiah 5:4 · BSB

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Jeremiah 5:5 · BSB

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

1 Timothy 6:17 · BSB

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:18 · BSB

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,

“put not”

Jeremiah 27:2 Jeremiah 27:8 Jeremiah 27:12 Matthew 11:29 Acts 15:10 Jeremiah 30:8

Jeremiah 27:2 · BSB

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

Jeremiah 27:8 · BSB

As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destro…

Jeremiah 27:12 · BSB

And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

Matthew 11:29 · BSB

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Acts 15:10 · BSB

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

Jeremiah 30:8 · BSB

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

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

In context

4Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs as well.

6The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

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