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Nehemiah 2:19

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Discouragement and depressionSpiritual warfare

17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

20 So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”

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BSB
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
KJV
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
WEB
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
ASV
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
DARBY
And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
BLB
And Sanballat the Horonite heard [of it], and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab, and they laughed at us and despised us and said, “What [is] this thing that you⁺ are doing? Are you⁺ rebelling against the king?”
ÅB
Men da horonitten Sanballat og den ammonittiske tjener Tobias og araberen Gesem hørte det, spottet de oss og foraktet oss og sa: Hva er det dere gjør der? Vil dere sette dere opp imot kongen?
OTB
Men da Sanballat horonitten, Tobia ammonittenes embetsmann, og Geshem araberen hørte om det, hånte og latterliggjorde de oss. “Hva er det dere gjør?” spurte de. “Gjør dere opprør mot kongen?”
B1930
Men da horonitten Sanballat og den ammonittiske tjener Tobias og araberen Gesem hørte det, spottet de oss og foraktet oss og sa: Hvad er det I gjør der? Vil I sette eder op imot kongen?

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 6:6

    that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,

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  • Nehemiah 6:1–2

    When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—

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  • Psalms 44:13–14

    You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

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  • Mark 5:40

    And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.

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  • Psalms 80:6

    You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

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  • Job 30:1

    “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

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  • Acts 24:5

    We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

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  • Hebrews 11:36

    Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

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