Nehemiah 3:5

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

And next to them the Thecoim took their place; but the Adorim applied not their neck to their service.

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WLC

וְעַל־יָדָ֖ם הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ הַתְּקוֹעִ֑ים וְאַדִּֽירֵיהֶם֙ לֹא־הֵבִ֣יאוּ צַוָּרָ֔ם בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת אֲדֹנֵיהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br13:5

Καὶ ἐπὶ χεῖρα αὐτῶν κατέσχοσαν οἱ Θεκωῒμ, καὶ ἀδωρὶμ οὐκ εἰσήνεγκαν τράχηλον αὐτῶν εἰς δουλείαν αὐτῶν.

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• Nehemiah 3:27And 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 14:2So 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…
• Judges 5:23‘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.’
• Jeremiah 27:2This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
• Jeremiah 30:8–9On 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. Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom…
• Jeremiah 27:12And 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!
• Jeremiah 5:4–5Then 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. I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD,…
• Amos 1:1These 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…
• Acts 15:10Now 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?
• 1 Timothy 6:17–18Instruct 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. Instruct them to do good, to be…
• 1 Corinthians 1:26Brothers, 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 27:8As 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…
• Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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