Verse 10

Nehemiah 4:10

Geneva Bible

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10 And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֣י מִן הַ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֗וּא חֲצִ֣י נְעָרַ/י֮ עֹשִׂ֣ים בַּ/מְּלָאכָה֒ וְ/חֶצְיָ֗/ם מַחֲזִיקִים֙ וְ/הָ/רְמָחִ֣ים הַ/מָּגִנִּ֔ים וְ/הַ/קְּשָׁת֖וֹת וְ/הַ/שִּׁרְיֹנִ֑ים וְ/הַ֨/שָּׂרִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י כָּל בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה

English Translation

And it was from that day on, half of my young men were doing the work, and half of them were holding the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the armor; and the leaders were behind all the house of Judah.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 But when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked th... Focus ↗

2 And sayde before his brethren and the armie of Samaria, thus he sayde, What doe these weake Iewes? w... Focus ↗

3 And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and said, Although they buylde, yet if a foxe goe vp, he sha... Focus ↗

4 Heare, O our God (Elohim) (for we are despised) and turne their shame vpon their owne head, and giue... Focus ↗

5 And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue pro... Focus ↗

6 So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the peopl... Focus ↗

7 But when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodims heard that th... Focus ↗

8 And conspired all together to come and to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them. Focus ↗

9 The we prayed vnto our God (Elohim), and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them. Focus ↗

10 And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not...

11 Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of t... Focus ↗

12 But when the Iewes (which dwelt beside them) came, they told vs ten times, From all places whence ye... Focus ↗

13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, and placed the pe... Focus ↗

14 Then I behelde, and rose vp, and said vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the pe... Focus ↗

15 And when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, then God (Elohim) brought their counsell to n... Focus ↗

16 And from that day, halfe of the yong men did the labour, and the other halfe part of them helde the... Focus ↗

17 They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, and they that laded, did the worke with o... Focus ↗

18 For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe... Focus ↗

19 Then saide I vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great... Focus ↗

20 In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God (Elohi... Focus ↗

21 So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning,... Focus ↗

22 And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euery one with his seruant lodge within Ierusalem,... Focus ↗

23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my seruants, nor the men of the warde, (which followed me) none o... Focus ↗

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Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 4 (23 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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