Verse 18

Nehemiah 4:18

Young's Literal Translation

18 And the builders [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet [is] beside me.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasi... Focus ↗

2 and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, 'What [are] the weak Jews doi... Focus ↗

3 And Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and saith, 'Also, that which they are building -- if a fox doth... Focus ↗

4 Hear, O our God (Elohim), for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head,... Focus ↗

5 and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for the... Focus ↗

6 And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined -- unto its half, and the people have a heart to w... Focus ↗

7 And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, a... Focus ↗

8 and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it inju... Focus ↗

9 And we pray unto our God (Elohim), and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of... Focus ↗

10 And Judah saith, 'The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant,... Focus ↗

11 And our adversaries say, 'They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have s... Focus ↗

12 And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten t... Focus ↗

13 And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appo... Focus ↗

14 And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the pe... Focus ↗

15 And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God (Elohim) d... Focus ↗

16 yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of... Focus ↗

17 The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, [each] with one of his hands... Focus ↗

18 And the builders [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing...

19 And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, 'The work is abu... Focus ↗

20 in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

21 And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going... Focus ↗

22 Also, at that time I said to the people, 'Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem,... Focus ↗

23 and there are none -- I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who [are] after me --... Focus ↗

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