Nehemías 7:4

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez

Y la ciudad era espaciosa y grande, pero poco pueblo dentro de ella, y no había casas reedificadas.

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Y la ciudad era espaciosa y grande, pero el pueblo dentro de ella era poco y no había casas reedificadas.

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Y la ciudad era espaciosa y grande, pero poco pueblo dentro de ella, y no había casas reedificadas.

Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Y la ciudad era espaciosa y grande, pero poco pueblo dentro de ella, y no había casas reedificadas.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

large and great: Heb. broad in spaces

the houses: Isaiah 58:12, Haggai 1:4-6, Matthew 6:33

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:62 - few in number Nehemiah 11:1 - the rulers Psalms 147:2 - build Jeremiah 30:18 - the city

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now the city was large and great,.... The circumference of it, all within the wall; for that was built on its old foundation, and enclosed as much ground as ever it did: Hecataeus b, an Heathen writer, says the circumference of Jerusalem was fifty furlongs, which was more than six miles; but Josephus c makes the circuit of it but thirty three furlongs or about six miles:

but the people were few therein; in comparison of the largeness of the place; for though there were 42,360 that came up at first with Zerubbabel, and many more with Ezra, yet a great number chose to settle in the towns and cities in the country, Jerusalem being in such a desolate condition:

and the houses were not builded; some were, but they were but few, many of them still lay in ruins.

b Apud Euseb. Praepar. par. Evangel. l. 9. c. 4. p. 408. & apud Joseph. contr. Apion, l. 1. c. 22. c De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The people were few - The number of those who returned with Zerubbabel was no more than 42,360 Nehemiah 7:66. Less than 2,000 people had come with Ezra Ezra 8:1-20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 7:4. The houses were not builded. — The city was not yet rebuilt, only a row of houses in the inside of the wall all round.