Verse 3

Nehemiah 4:3

King James Version

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/נִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ וַ/נַּעֲמִ֨יד מִשְׁמָ֧ר עֲלֵי/הֶ֛ם יוֹמָ֥ם וָ/לַ֖יְלָה מִ/פְּנֵי/הֶֽם

English Translation

And we prayed to our God and set a guard over them day and night because of them.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took grea... Focus ↗

2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will... Focus ↗

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shal...

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

5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have p... Focus ↗

6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had... Focus ↗

7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the A... Focus ↗

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

9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God (Elohim), and set a watch against them day and night, b... Focus ↗

10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so tha... Focus ↗

11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, an... Focus ↗

12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From... Focus ↗

13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the peopl... Focus ↗

14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the peopl... Focus ↗

15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God (Elohim) had brought... Focus ↗

16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the... Focus ↗

17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with on... Focus ↗

18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded th... Focus ↗

19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and... Focus ↗

20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God (Elohim... Focus ↗

21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the... Focus ↗

22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusa... Focus ↗

23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of... Focus ↗

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