KJV King James Version
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days.
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Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
WEB World English Bible
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
ASV American Standard Version
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 6
12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 Therefore [was] he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days.
16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard [thereof], and all the heathen that [were] about us saw [these things], they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them.
18 For [there were] many in Judah sworn unto him, because he [was] the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
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Psalm 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.Nehemiah 4:1-2But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.Ezra 6:15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.Daniel 9:25Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
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