So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
Parallel translations
- WEB So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
- KJV So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
- NKJV So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
- NASB So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
- NLT So on October 2 the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun.
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The wall is finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in just fifty-two days. A remarkably swift completion crowns the effort.
Overview
Against fierce opposition and internal hardship, the wall is completed in only fifty-two days, a testament to united labor and God's enabling. The precise date marks a decisive moment in Judah's restoration. The astonishing speed sets up the next verse's confession that this work was accomplished by God.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Neh 4:1–2Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
- Ezra 6:15And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
- Dan 9:25Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
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