God’s Word Translation
Nehemiah 3:32
32The goldsmiths and merchants made repairs between the upper room at the corner and Sheep Gate.
Nehemiah 3:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
- New International Version (NIV)and between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And between the upper chamber of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
Context of Nehemiah 3:32
30After him Hananiah, Shelemiah’s son, and Hanun, Zalaph’s sixth son, repaired another section. After him Meshullam, Berechiah’s son, made repairs across from his living quarters. 31After him Malchiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the building that housed the temple servants and merchants across from Inspection Gate and as far as the upper room at the corner. The goldsmiths and merchants made repairs between the upper room at the corner and Sheep Gate.
Read all of Nehemiah 3Nehemiah 3:32 word by word
וּבֵ֨ין עֲלִיַּ֤ת הַפִּנָּה֙ לְשַׁ֣עַר הַצֹּ֔אן הֶחֱזִ֥יקוּ הַצֹּרְפִ֖ים וְהָרֹכְלִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And between the going upעֲלִיָּה‛ălîyâh · upper roomH5944
- of the cornerפִּנָּהpinnâh · cornerH6438
- unto the sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · Sheep (Gate)H6629
- gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
- repairedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
- the goldsmithsצָרַףtsâraph · to refineH6884
- and the merchantsרָכַלrâkal · to tradeH7402
Cross-references for Nehemiah 3:32
- Nehemiah 3:1The chief priest Eliashib and his relatives, the priests, started by rebuilding Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place. They rebuilt as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and then as far as the Tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 12:39then past Ephraim Gate, over Old Gate and Fish Gate, and by the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as Sheep Gate. The choir stopped at Guard’s Gate.
- John 5:2Near Sheep Gate in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It had five porches.
- Nehemiah 3:8Next to them Uzziel, Harhaiah’s son, a goldsmith, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah, a perfume maker, made repairs. They left out part of Jerusalem as far as Broad Wall.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 3:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32The goldsmiths and the merchants - The word הצרפים hatstsorephim may signify smiths, or persons who worked in metals of any kind; but it is generally understood to mean those who worked in gold. I have already observed, that the mention of merchants and goldsmiths shows that these persons were formed into bodies corporate in those ancient times. But these terms are differently rendered in the versions. The Vulgate is the same as ours, which probably our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-32This final group of workers completed the repairs at the Sheep Gate, where the work had begun (Nehemiah 3:1). Horse Gate: See 2 Chronicles 23:15; Jeremiah 31:40. East Gate: See 1 Chronicles 26:14, 17; 2 Chronicles 31:14; Ezekiel 10:19; 40:21–22.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. Then Eliashib the high priest--the grandson of Jeshua, and the first high priest after the return from Babylon. rose up with his brethren the priests--that is, set an example by commencing the work, their labors being confined to the sacred localities. and they builded the sheep gate--close to the temple. Its name arose either from the sheep market, or from the pool of Bethesda, which was there (Joh 5:2). There the sheep were washed and then taken to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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