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Nehemiah 4:11

Fear

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.”
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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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  • Psalms 56:6

    They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

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  • Judges 20:29–48

    So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

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  • Acts 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.”

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  • Acts 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.

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  • 2 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

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  • Isaiah 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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