Nehemiah 4:10

⁸ and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.

⁹ So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

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.”

¹¹ 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.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.”
KJV: And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
WEB: 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.”
ASV: And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
DARBY: And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.
BLB: And Judah said, “The power of the laborers is failing, and the rubble [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.”

ÅB: Da sa jødene: Bærernes kraft svikter, og grushaugene er for store; vi makter ikke lenger å bygge på muren.
OTB: I mellomtiden sa folket i Juda: "Arbeidernes styrke svikter, og det er så mye rusk at vi ikke kan bygge opp muren."
B1930: Da sa jødene: Bærernes kraft svikter, og grushaugene er for store; vi makter ikke lenger å bygge på muren.

Haggai 1:2
that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
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Numbers 32:9
For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
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2 Chronicles 2:18
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
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Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
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Psalms 11:1–2
In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
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Ezekiel 29:18
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
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