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World English Bible Classic
[1] But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews. [2] He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?” [3] Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.” [4] “Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity. [5] Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.” [6] So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. [7] But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry; [8] and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us. [9] But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them. [10] Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.” [11] Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.” [12] When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.” [13] Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows. [14] I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.” [15] When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work. [16] From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. [17] Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon. [18] Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me. [19] I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another. [20] Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.” [21] So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared. [22] Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.” [23] So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
King James Version

Hostility to the Work

[1] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat H5571 heard H8085 that we builded H1129 H853 the wall, H2346 he was wroth, H2734 and took great H7235 indignation, H3707 and mocked H3932 the Jews. H3064 [2] And he spake H559 before H6440 his brethren H251 and the army H2428 of Samaria, H8111 and said, H559 What H4100 do H6213 these feeble H537 Jews? H3064 will they fortify H5800 themselves?§ will they sacrifice? H2076 will they make an end H3615 in a day? H3117 will they revive H2421 H853 the stones H68 out of the heaps H6194 of the rubbish H6083 which are burned? H8313 [3] Now Tobiah H2900 the Ammonite H5984 was by him, H681 and he said, H559 Even H1571 that which they build, H1129 if a fox H7776 go up, H5927 he shall even break down H6555 their stone H68 wall. H2346 [4] Hear, H8085 O our God; H430 for H3588 we are despised: H939§ and turn H7725 their reproach H2781 upon their own head, H7218 and give H5414 them for a prey H961 in the land H776 of captivity: H7633 [5] and cover H3680 not H408 their iniquity, H5771 and let not their sin H2403 be blotted out H4229 from before H6440 thee: for they have provoked thee to anger H3707 before the builders. H1129 [6] So built H1129 we the wall; H2346 and all the wall H2346 was joined together H7194 unto H5704 the half H2677 thereof: for the people H5971 had a mind H3820 to work. H6213 [7] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, H5571 and Tobiah, H2900 and the Arabians, H6163 and the Ammonites, H5984 and the Ashdodites, H796 heard H8085 that the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 were made up, H724§ H5927 and that the breaches H6555 began H2490 to be stopped, H5640 then they were very H3966 wroth, H2734 [8] and conspired H7194 all H3605 of them together H3162 to come H935 and to fight H3898 against Jerusalem, H3389 and to hinder H6213 H8442 it.§

Nehemiah’s Response

[9] Nevertheless we made our prayer H6419 unto H413 our God, H430 and set H5975 a watch H4929 against H5921 them day H3119 and night, H3915 because H6440 of them. [10] And Judah H3063 said, H559 The strength H3581 of the bearers of burdens H5449 is decayed, H3782 and there is much H7235 rubbish; H6083 so that we are not able H3201 to build H1129 the wall. H2346 [11] And our adversaries H6862 said, H559 They shall H3045 not H3808 know, H3045 neither see, H7200 till H5704 we come H935 in the midst H8432 among H8432 them, and slay H2026 H853 them, and cause the work H4399 to cease. H7673 [12] And it came to pass, that when the Jews H3064 which H834 dwelt H3427 by them H681 came, H935 they said H559 unto us ten H6235 times, H6471 From all places H4725 whence ye shall return H7725 unto us§ they will be upon you. [13] Therefore set H5975 I in the lower H8482 places H4725§ behind H310 the wall, H2346 and on the higher places, H6706 H6708 I even set H5975 H853 the people H5971 after their families H4940 with H5973 their swords, H2719 their spears, H7420 and their bows. H7198 [14] And I looked, H7200 and rose up, H6965 and said H559 unto H413 the nobles, H2715 and to the rulers, H5461 and to the rest H3499 of the people, H5971 Be not ye afraid H3372 of them: H6440 remember H2142 H853 the Lord, H136 which is great H1419 and terrible, H3372 and fight H3898 for your brethren, H251 your sons, H1121 and your daughters, H1323 your wives, H802 and your houses. H1004 [15] And it came to pass, when our enemies H341 heard H8085 that it was known H3045 unto H413 us, and God H430 had brought H6565 H853 their counsel H6098 to nought, H6565 that we returned H7725 all of us to the wall, H2346 every one H376 unto H413 his work. H4399 [16] And it came to pass from that time H3117 forth, that the half H2677 of my servants H5288 wrought H6213 in the work, H4399 and the other half H2677 of them held H2388 both the spears, H7420 the shields, H4043 and the bows, H7198 and the habergeons; H8302 and the rulers H8269 were behind H310 all H3605 the house H1004 of Judah. H3063 [17] They which builded H1129 on the wall, H2346 and they that bare H5375 burdens, H5447 with those that laded, H6006 every one with one H259 of his hands H3027 wrought H6213 in the work, H4399 and with the other H259 hand held H2388 a weapon. H7973 [18] For the builders, H1129 every one H376 had his sword H2719 girded H631 by his side, H4975§ and so builded. H1129 And he that sounded H8628 the trumpet H7782 was by me. H681 [19] And I said H559 unto H413 the nobles, H2715 and to the rulers, H5461 and to the rest H3499 of the people, H5971 The work H4399 is great H7235 and large, H7342 and we are separated H6504 upon H5921 the wall, H2346 one H376 far from H7350 another. H251 [20] In what place H4725 therefore ye hear H8085 H853 the sound H6963 of the trumpet, H7782 resort H6908 ye thither unto us: our God H430 shall fight H3898 for us. [21] So we laboured H6213 in the work: H4399 and half H2677 of them held H2388 the spears H7420 from the rising H5927 of the morning H7837 till H5704 the stars H3556 appeared. H3318 [22] Likewise at the same time H6256 said H559 I unto the people, H5971 Let every one H376 with his servant H5288 lodge H3885 within H8432 Jerusalem, H3389 that in the night H3915 they may be a guard H4929 to us, and labour H4399 on the day. H3117 [23] So neither I, nor my brethren, H251 nor my servants, H5288 nor the men H582 of the guard H4929 which H834 followed H310 me, none of us H587 put off H6584 our clothes, H899 saving that every one H376 put them off H7973 for washing. H4325§

Footnotes

  1. § 4:2 Heb. leave to themselves
  2. § 4:4 Heb. despite
  3. § 4:7 Heb. ascended
  4. § 4:8 Heb. to make an error to it
  5. § 4:12 Or, that from all places ye must return to us
  6. § 4:13 Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc.
  7. § 4:18 Heb. on his loins
  8. § 4:23 Or, every one with with his weapon for water
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἡνίκα G2259 ἤκουσεν G191 Σαναβαλλατ ὅτι G3754 ἡμεῖς G2249 οἰκοδομοῦμεν G3618 τὸ G3588 τεῖχος, G5038 καὶ G2532 πονηρὸν G4190 ἦν G2258 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 ὠργίσθη G3710 ἐπὶ G1909 πολὺ G4183 καὶ G2532 ἐξεγέλα ἐπὶ G1909 τοῖς G3588 Ιουδαίοις. G2453 [2] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 ἐνώπιον G1799 τῶν G3588 ἀδελφῶν G80 αὐτοῦ G846 Αὕτη G3778 ἡ G3588 δύναμις G1411 Σομορων, ὅτι G3754 οἱ G3588 Ιουδαῖοι G2453 οὗτοι G3778 οἰκοδομοῦσιν G3618 τὴν G3588 ἑαυτῶν G1438 πόλιν; G4172 [3] ‡Καὶ G2532 Τωβιας ὁ G3588 Αμμανίτης ἐχόμενα G2192 αὐτοῦ G846 ἦλθεν, G2064 καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 πρὸς G4314 ἑαυτούς G1438 Μὴ G3361 θυσιάσουσιν ἢ G2228 φάγονται G5315 ἐπὶ G1909 τοῦ G3588 τόπου G5117 αὐτῶν; G846 Οὐχὶ G3780 ἀναβήσεται G305 ἀλώπηξ G258 καὶ G2532 καθελεῖ G2507 τὸ G3588 τεῖχος G5038 λίθων G3037 αὐτῶν; G846 — [4] ‡ἄκουσον, G191 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἡμῶν, G2257 ὅτι G3754 ἐγενήθημεν G1096 εἰς G1519 μυκτηρισμόν, καὶ G2532 ἐπίστρεψον G1994 ὀνειδισμὸν G3680 αὐτῶν G846 εἰς G1519 κεφαλὴν G2776 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 δὸς G1325 αὐτοὺς G846 εἰς G1519 μυκτηρισμὸν ἐν G1722 γῇ G1093 αἰχμαλωσίας G161 [5] ‡καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 καλύψῃς G2572 ἐπὶ G1909 ἀνομίαν. G458 …[7] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ὡς G5613 ἤκουσεν G191 Σαναβαλλατ καὶ G2532 Τωβια καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 Ἄραβες G690 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 Αμμανῖται ὅτι G3754 ἀνέβη G305 φυὴ τοῖς G3588 τείχεσιν G5038 Ιερουσαλημ, G2419 ὅτι G3754 ἤρξαντο G757 αἱ G3588 διασφαγαὶ ἀναφράσσεσθαι, καὶ G2532 πονηρὸν G4190 αὐτοῖς G846 ἐφάνη G5316 σφόδρα· G4970 [8] ‡καὶ G2532 συνήχθησαν G4863 πάντες G3956 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 αὐτὸ G846 ἐλθεῖν G2064 παρατάξασθαι ἐν G1722 Ιερουσαλημ. G2419 [9] ‡Καὶ G2532 προσηυξάμεθα G4336 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 θεὸν G2316 ἡμῶν G2257 καὶ G2532 ἐστήσαμεν G2476 προφύλακας ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτοὺς G846 ἡμέρας G2250 καὶ G2532 νυκτὸς G3571 ἀπὸ G575 προσώπου G4383 αὐτῶν. G846 [10] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ιουδας G2455 Συνετρίβη G4937 ἡ G3588 ἰσχὺς G2479 τῶν G3588 ἐχθρῶν, G2190 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 χοῦς G5522 πολύς, G4183 καὶ G2532 ἡμεῖς G2249 οὐ G3756 δυνησόμεθα G1410 οἰκοδομεῖν G3618 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 τείχει. G5038 [11] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 οἱ G3588 θλίβοντες G2346 ἡμᾶς G2248 Οὐ G3756 γνώσονται G1097 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ὄψονται G3700 ἕως G2193 ὅτου G3755 ἔλθωμεν G2064 εἰς G1519 μέσον G3319 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 φονεύσωμεν G5407 αὐτοὺς G846 καὶ G2532 καταπαύσωμεν G2664 τὸ G3588 ἔργον. G2041 [12] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ὡς G5613 ἤλθοσαν G2064 οἱ G3588 Ιουδαῖοι G2453 οἱ G3588 οἰκοῦντες G3611 ἐχόμενα G2192 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 εἴποσαν G2036 ἡμῖν G2254 Ἀναβαίνουσιν G305 ἐκ G1537 πάντων G3956 τῶν G3588 τόπων G5117 ἐφ’ G1909 ἡμᾶς, G2248 [13] ‡καὶ G2532 ἔστησα G2476 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 κατώτατα G2737 τοῦ G3588 τόπου G5117 κατόπισθεν τοῦ G3588 τείχους G5038 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 σκεπεινοῖς καὶ G2532 ἔστησα G2476 τὸν G3588 λαὸν G2992 κατὰ G2596 δήμους G1218 μετὰ G3326 ῥομφαιῶν G4501 αὐτῶν, G846 λόγχας G3057 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 τόξα G5115 αὐτῶν. G846 [14] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶδον G1492 καὶ G2532 ἀνέστην G450 καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 ἐντίμους G1784 καὶ G2532 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 στρατηγοὺς G4755 καὶ G2532 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 καταλοίπους G2645 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 Μὴ G3361 φοβηθῆτε G5399 ἀπὸ G575 προσώπου G4383 αὐτῶν· G846 μνήσθητε G3415 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἡμῶν G2257 τοῦ G3588 μεγάλου G3173 καὶ G2532 φοβεροῦ G5398 καὶ G2532 παρατάξασθε περὶ G4012 τῶν G3588 ἀδελφῶν G80 ὑμῶν, G5216 υἱῶν G5207 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 θυγατέρων G2364 ὑμῶν, G5216 γυναικῶν G1135 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 οἴκων G3624 ὑμῶν. G5216 [15] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἡνίκα G2259 ἤκουσαν G191 οἱ G3588 ἐχθροὶ G2190 ἡμῶν G2257 ὅτι G3754 ἐγνώσθη G1097 ἡμῖν G2254 καὶ G2532 διεσκέδασεν ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τὴν G3588 βουλὴν G1012 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπεστρέψαμεν G1994 πάντες G3956 ἡμεῖς G2249 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 τεῖχος, G5038 ἀνὴρ G435 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 ἔργον G2041 αὐτοῦ. G846 [16] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 ἐκείνης G1565 ἥμισυ G2255 τῶν G3588 ἐκτετιναγμένων G1621 ἐποίουν G4160 τὸ G3588 ἔργον, G2041 καὶ G2532 ἥμισυ G2255 αὐτῶν G846 ἀντείχοντο, G472 καὶ G2532 λόγχαι G3057 καὶ G2532 θυρεοὶ G2375 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 τόξα G5115 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 θώρακες G2382 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἄρχοντες G758 ὀπίσω G3694 παντὸς G3956 οἴκου G3624 Ιουδα [17] ‡τῶν G3588 οἰκοδομούντων G3618 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 τείχει. G5038 Καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 αἴροντες G142 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἀρτῆρσιν ἐν G1722 ὅπλοις· G3696 ἐν G1722 μιᾷ G3391 χειρὶ G5495 ἐποίει G4160 αὐτὸ G846 τὸ G3588 ἔργον, G2041 καὶ G2532 μία G3391 ἐκράτει G2902 τὴν G3588 βολίδα. G1002 [18] ‡Καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 οἰκοδόμοι ἀνὴρ G435 ῥομφαίαν G4501 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐζωσμένος G2224 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 ὀσφὺν G3751 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ᾠκοδομοῦσαν, G3618 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 σαλπίζων G4537 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 κερατίνῃ ἐχόμενα G2192 αὐτοῦ. G846 [19] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 ἐντίμους G1784 καὶ G2532 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 ἄρχοντας G758 καὶ G2532 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 καταλοίπους G2645 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 Τὸ G3588 ἔργον G2041 πλατὺ G4116 καὶ G2532 πολύ, G4183 καὶ G2532 ἡμεῖς G2249 σκορπιζόμεθα G4650 ἐπὶ G1909 τοῦ G3588 τείχους G5038 μακρὰν G3112 ἀνὴρ G435 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 ἀδελφοῦ G80 αὐτοῦ· G846 [20] ‡ἐν G1722 τόπῳ, G5117 οὗ G3739 ἐὰν G1437 ἀκούσητε G191 τὴν G3588 φωνὴν G5456 τῆς G3588 κερατίνης, ἐκεῖ G1563 συναχθήσεσθε G4863 πρὸς G4314 ἡμᾶς, G2248 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἡμῶν G2257 πολεμήσει G4170 περὶ G4012 ἡμῶν. G2257 [21] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἡμεῖς G2249 ποιοῦντες G4160 τὸ G3588 ἔργον, G2041 καὶ G2532 ἥμισυ G2255 αὐτῶν G846 κρατοῦντες G2902 τὰς G3588 λόγχας G3057 ἀπὸ G575 ἀναβάσεως τοῦ G3588 ὄρθρου G3722 ἕως G2193 ἐξόδου G1841 τῶν G3588 ἄστρων. G798 [22] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 καιρῷ G2540 ἐκείνῳ G1565 εἶπα G2036 τῷ G3588 λαῷ G2992 Αὐλίσθητε G835 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 Ιερουσαλημ, G2419 καὶ G2532 ἔστω G2077 ὑμῖν G5213 ἡ G3588 νὺξ G3571 προφυλακὴ καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἡμέρα G2250 ἔργον. G2041 [23] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἤμην G2252 ἐγὼ G1473 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἄνδρες G435 τῆς G3588 προφυλακῆς ὀπίσω G3694 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ἐξ G1537 ἡμῶν G2257 ἐκδιδυσκόμενος G1562 ἀνὴρ G435 τὰ G3588 ἱμάτια G2440 αὐτοῦ. G846
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 4:1 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 13:33.
  2. ‡ 4:2 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 13:34.
  3. ‡ 4:3 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 13:35.
  4. ‡ 4:4 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 13:36.
  5. ‡ 4:5 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 13:37.
  6. ‡ 4:7 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:1.
  7. ‡ 4:8 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:2.
  8. ‡ 4:9 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:3.
  9. ‡ 4:10 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:4.
  10. ‡ 4:11 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:5.
  11. ‡ 4:12 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:6.
  12. ‡ 4:13 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:7.
  13. ‡ 4:14 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:8.
  14. ‡ 4:15 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:9.
  15. ‡ 4:16 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:10.
  16. ‡ 4:17 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:11.
  17. ‡ 4:18 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:12.
  18. ‡ 4:19 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:13.
  19. ‡ 4:20 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:14.
  20. ‡ 4:21 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:15.
  21. ‡ 4:22 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:16.
  22. ‡ 4:23 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 14:17.