Verse 18

Nehemiah 4:18

Literal Standard Version

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

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Chapter 4 Context

1 And it comes to pass, when Sanballat has heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing... Focus ↗

2 and says before his brothers and the force of Samaria, indeed, he says, “What are the weak Jews doin... Focus ↗

3 And Tobiah the Ammonite is by him and says, “Also, that which they are building—if a fox goes up, th... Focus ↗

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

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

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

7 And it comes to pass, when Sanballat has heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and... Focus ↗

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

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

10 And Judah says, “The power of the burden-bearers has become feeble, and the rubbish is abundant, and... Focus ↗

11 And our adversaries say, “They do not know, nor see, until we come into their midst, and have slain... Focus ↗

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

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

14 And I see, and rise up, and say to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of the people, “... Focus ↗

15 And it comes to pass, when our enemies have heard that it has been known to us, and God (Elohim) fru... Focus ↗

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

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

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

19 And I say to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of the people, “The work is abundant,... Focus ↗

20 in the place that you hear the voice of the horn there you are gathered to us; our God (Elohim) figh... 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 lodge with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem,... Focus ↗

23 and there are none—I, and my brothers, and my servants, the men of the watch who are after me—there... Focus ↗

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