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Completion of the Wall

Nehemiah 6:15

In 11 translations

BSB
So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.Elul is the sixth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of August and September.
KJV
¶ So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
WEB
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
ASV
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
LSV
And the wall is completed in the twenty-fifth of Elul, on the fifty-second day;
YLT
And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;
DBY
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.
DRC
But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.
GNV
Notwithstanding the wall was finished on the fiue and twentieth day of Elul, in two and fiftie dayes.
JPS
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
LXXE
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לֶאֱל֑וּל לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנַ֖יִם יֽוֹם׃
LXX-Br16:15
Καὶ ἐτελέσθη τὸ τεῖχος πέμπτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ Ἐλοὺλ μηνὸς εἰς πεντήκοντα καὶ δύο ἡμέρας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
  • Nehemiah 4:1–2Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can…
  • Daniel 9:25Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench,…
  • Ezra 6:15And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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