Nehemiah 4:11
9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
10 Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
12 At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
13 So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Og våre motstandere sa: De må ikke få vite eller merke noe før vi står midt iblant dem og hugger dem ned og slik gjør ende på arbeidet.
- OTB
- Våre fiender sa: "Før de vet det eller ser oss, vil vi være rett der blant dem og drepe dem og sette en stopper for arbeidet."
- B1930
- Og våre motstandere sa: De må ikke få vite eller merke noget før vi står midt iblandt dem og hugger dem ned og således gjør ende på arbeidet.
- BSB
- And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
- KJV
- And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
- WEB
- Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
- ASV
- And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
- DARBY
- And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
- BLB
- And our adversaries said, “They will not know and they will not see until that we come into their midst and kill them and put an end to the work.”
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Kryssreferanser
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 56:6
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
Les i sammenhengJudges 20:29–48
So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
Les i sammenhengActs 23:21
Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
Les i sammenhengActs 23:12
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
Les i sammenheng2 Samuel 17:2
I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 47:11
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
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