Nehemiah 7:5 “Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials…”

Nehemiah 7:5

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

World English Bible

My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:

American Standard Version

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:

Geneva Bible 1599

And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a booke of the genealogie of them, which came vp at the first, and found written therein,

Darby Translation

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

Young's Literal Translation

and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: —

Bible in Basic English

And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:

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Cross references

“my God”

Nehemiah 5:19 Nehemiah 6:14

Nehemiah 5:19 · BSB

Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

Nehemiah 6:14 · BSB

O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.

“put into mine”

2 Corinthians 3:5 Ezra 7:27 1 Corinthians 15:10 2 Corinthians 8:16 Colossians 1:29 James 1:16

2 Corinthians 3:5 · BSB

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

Ezra 7:27 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,

1 Corinthians 15:10 · BSB

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

2 Corinthians 8:16 · BSB

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

Colossians 1:29 · BSB

To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

James 1:16 · BSB

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

“that”

Nehemiah 7:64 1 Chronicles 9:1–9 Ezra 2:62

Nehemiah 7:64 · BSB

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

1 Chronicles 9:1–9 · BSB

So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

Ezra 2:62 · BSB

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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

In context

4Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

6These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

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