KJV King James Version
That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 1:2
That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
ASV American Standard Version
that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and come in doth Hanani, one of my brethren, he and men of Judah, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem;
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 1
1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province [are] in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also [is] broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
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וַיָּבֹ֨אH935 · boto come (in): comeחֲנָ֜נִיH2607 · cha.na.niHananiאֶחָ֧דH259 · e.chadoneמֵאַחַ֛יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוַאֲנָשִׁ֖יםH582 · e.noshhumanמִֽיהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞םH7592 · sha.alto askעַל־H5921 · aluponהַיְּהוּדִ֧יםH3064 · ye.hu.diJewהַפְּלֵיטָ֛הH6413 · pe.le.tahsurvivorאֲשֶֽׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichנִשְׁאֲר֥וּH7604 · sha.arto remainמִן־H4480 · minfromהַשֶּׁ֖בִיH7628 · she.vicaptivityוְעַל־H5921 · aluponיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
Nehemiah 7:2That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] a faithful man, and feared God above many.Ezekiel 6:9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.Ezekiel 7:16But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.Jeremiah 44:14So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.Psalm 137:5-6If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].Ezra 9:8-9And now for a little space grace hath been [shewed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.Ezekiel 24:26-27[That] he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause [thee] to hear [it] with [thine] ears?Ezra 9:14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed [us], so that [there should be] no remnant nor escaping?Psalm 122:6-9Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
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