Nehemiah 10:8

New Life Version

Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These are the religious leaders.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.

Hebrew Names Version
Ma`azyah, Bilgai, Shemayah; these were the Kohanim.

King James Version
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

English Standard Version
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests.

New Century Version
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These are the priests.

New English Translation
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Amplified Bible
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah—these were the priests.

New American Standard Bible
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

World English Bible
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these are the Priestes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Berean Standard Bible
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Complete Jewish Bible
Meshulam, Aviyah, Miyamin,

Darby Translation
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

Easy-to-Read Version
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests who put their names on the sealed agreement.

George Lamsa Translation
Maasiah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

Good News Translation

Lexham English Bible
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah—these are the priests.

Literal Translation
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Maasga, Bilgai and Semaia: these were prestes.

American Standard Version
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

Bible in Basic English
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Maaziah, Bilgai, Semaiah: these were priestes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin;

King James Version (1611)
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the Priests.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Maazia, Belgai, Samaia; these were priests.

English Revised Version
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
these weren prestis.

Update Bible Version
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

Webster's Bible Translation
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these [were] the priests.

New King James Version
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

New Living Translation
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

New Revised Standard
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah, - these, were, the priests.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Maazia, Belgia, Semeia: these were priests.

Revised Standard Version
Ma-azi'ah, Bil'gai, Shemai'ah; these are the priests.

Young's Literal Translation
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these [are] the priests.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Contextual Overview

¹ Those who put their mark on the agreement are Nehemiah the ruler, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, ² Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, ³ Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, ⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, ⁵ Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, ⁶ Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, ⁷ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, ⁸ Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These are the religious leaders. ⁹ The Levites are Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel, ¹⁰ and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bilgai: Nehemiah 12:5, Bilgah

Shemaiah: Nehemiah 3:29, Nehemiah 12:6, Nehemiah 12:18, Nehemiah 12:42, Ezra 10:21

Cross-References

Micah 5:6
They will rule the land of Assyria, the land of Nimrod, with the sword. And He will take us from the Assyrians when they come into our country and crush under foot our land.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

:-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The names are not personal, but designate families. The seal of the high-priestly house of Seraiah was probably appended either by Ezra or Eliashib, both of whom belonged to it.