Verse 17
Nehemiah 4:17
American Standard Version
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They all builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֵ֨ין אֲנִ֜י וְ/אַחַ֣/י וּ/נְעָרַ֗/י וְ/אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַ/מִּשְׁמָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַחֲרַ֔/י אֵין אֲנַ֥חְנוּ פֹשְׁטִ֖ים בְּגָדֵ֑י/נוּ אִ֖ישׁ שִׁלְח֥/וֹ הַ/מָּֽיִם
English Translation
And I am not, and my brother and my young men and the men of the guard who are with me, we are not stripping off our garments; each man sent his water.
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Chapter 4 Context
1
But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and too...
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And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing...
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Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up,...
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4
Hear, O our God (Elohim); for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and...
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and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have p...
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6
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half [the height] thereof: for the p...
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7
But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the A...
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8
and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion...
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9
But we made our prayer unto our God (Elohim), and set a watch against them day and night, because of...
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10
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so tha...
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11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and...
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12
And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from al...
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13
Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there]...
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14
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the peopl...
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15
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God (Elohim) had brought...
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16
And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of...
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17
They all builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his han...
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and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded th...
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19
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and l...
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in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God (Elohim) w...
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21
So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the...
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22
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusa...
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So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of u...
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