Verse 8

Nehemiah 4:8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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8 And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וָ/אֵ֣רֶא וָ/אָק֗וּם וָ/אֹמַ֞ר אֶל הַ/חֹרִ֤ים וְ/אֶל הַ/סְּגָנִים֙ וְ/אֶל יֶ֣תֶר הָ/עָ֔ם אַל תִּֽירְא֖וּ מִ/פְּנֵי/הֶ֑ם אֶת אֲדֹנָ֞/י הַ/גָּד֤וֹל וְ/הַ/נּוֹרָא֙ זְכֹ֔רוּ וְ/הִֽלָּחֲמ֗וּ עַל אֲחֵי/כֶם֙ בְּנֵי/כֶ֣ם וּ/בְנֹתֵי/כֶ֔ם נְשֵׁי/כֶ֖ם וּ/בָתֵּי/כֶֽם

English Translation

And I saw, and I arose, and I said to the rulers and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord, the great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses."

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Chapter 4 Context

1 And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and bei... Focus ↗

2 And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Wi... Focus ↗

3 Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said : Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over the... Focus ↗

4 Hear thou our God (Elohim), for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give t... Focus ↗

5 Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they ha... Focus ↗

6 So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people... Focus ↗

7 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azoti... Focus ↗

8 And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare...

9 And we prayed to our God (Elohim), and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them. Focus ↗

10 And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and w... Focus ↗

11 And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill... Focus ↗

12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all th... Focus ↗

13 I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, a... Focus ↗

14 And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the co... Focus ↗

15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God (Elohim) defea... Focus ↗

16 And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were... Focus ↗

17 Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he di... Focus ↗

18 For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded w... Focus ↗

19 And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is... Focus ↗

20 In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God (Eloh... Focus ↗

21 And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till... Focus ↗

22 At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusale... Focus ↗

23 Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our cloth... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 4 (23 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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