American Standard Version
"Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. "
— Nehemiah 7:4, American Standard Version
“Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.”
“Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.”
“Now the city was spread out and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. At that time houses had not been rebuilt.”
“And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built.”
“Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.”
“Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.”
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:
These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: