And the two choirs of them that gave praise stood still at the house of God, and I and the half of the magistrates with me.

And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,

So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in God's house, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God,.... Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them:
and I, and the half of the rulers with me; Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, Nehemiah 12:32.