Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

◄ Nehemiah 6:15 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

English Standard Version
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

New American Standard Bible
So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

King James Bible
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wall was completed in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul.

International Standard Version
So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul in 52 days.

American Standard Version
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.

Darby Bible Translation
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

Young's Literal Translation
And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

6:15-19 The wall was begun and finished in fifty-two days, though they rested on the sabbaths. A great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we set about it in earnest, and keep close to it. See the mischief of marrying with strangers. When men once became akin to Tobiah, they soon became sworn to him. A sinful love leads to a sinful league. The enemy of souls employs many instruments, and forms many projects, to bring reproach on the active servants of God, or to take them from their work. But we should follow the example of Him who laid down his life for the sheep. Those that simply cleave to the Lord and his work will be supported.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10-14. Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah, &c.—This man was the son of a priest, who was an intimate and confidential friend of Nehemiah. The young man claimed to be endowed with the gift of prophecy. Having been secretly bribed by Sanballat, he, in his pretended capacity of prophet, told Nehemiah that his enemies were that night to make an attempt upon his life. He advised him, at the same time, to consult his safety by concealing himself in the sanctuary, a crypt which, from its sanctity, was strong and secure. But the noble-minded governor determined at all hazards to remain at his post, and not bring discredit on the cause of God and religion by his unworthy cowardice in leaving the temple and city unprotected. This plot, together with a secret collusion between the enemy and the nobles of Judah who were favorably disposed towards the bad Samaritan in consequence of his Jewish connections (Ne 6:18), the undaunted courage and vigilance of Nehemiah were enabled, with the blessing of God, to defeat, and the erection of the walls thus built in troublous times (Da 9:25) was happily completed (Ne 6:15) in the brief space of fifty-two days. So rapid execution, even supposing some parts of the old wall standing, cannot be sufficiently accounted for, except by the consideration that the builders labored with the ardor of religious zeal, as men employed in the work of God.