And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Parallel translations
- WEB Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
- BSB And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
- NKJV And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
- NASB And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants carried out repairs.
- NLT The other goldsmiths and merchants repaired the wall from that corner to the Sheep Gate.
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Quick answer
Goldsmiths and merchants finish the final stretch back to the sheep gate, completing the circuit. The whole wall, begun and ended at the sheep gate, is fully encircled.
Overview
The building register closes where it began, at the sheep gate, with goldsmiths and merchants completing the last section. The full circle of the wall, accomplished by a vast array of named workers from every walk of life, testifies to united effort under God's hand. The chapter as a whole pictures the body of God's people, each member contributing, joined together to accomplish His purpose.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Neh 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
- Neh 12:39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
- John 5:2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
- Neh 3:31After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
- Neh 3:8Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
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