Nehemiah 4:5

3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

4 Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

6 So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

7 When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

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.

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ÅB
Dekk ikke over deres misgjerning, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet for ditt åsyn! For de har krenket deg for bygningsmennenes ører.
OTB
Dekk ikke over deres skyld, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet fra ditt åsyn, for de har demoralisert bygningsarbeiderne.
B1930
Dekk ikke over deres misgjerning, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet for ditt åsyn! For de har krenket dig for bygningsmennenes ører.
BSB
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
KJV
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
WEB
Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
ASV
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
DARBY
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
BLB
And do not cover over their iniquity; and their sin, do not let it be blotted out from before You, for they have provoked anger in front of the builders.

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