Nehemiah 4:21
19 Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.
20 Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
22 At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
23 So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
- KJV
- So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
- WEB
- So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
- ASV
- So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
- DARBY
- And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.
- BLB
- And we labored in the work, and half kept hold of the spears from daybreak until the coming forth of the stars.
- ÅB
- Så arbeidet vi da på verket mens halvdelen sto der med sine spyd, fra morgenrøden rant opp til stjernene kom fram.
- OTB
- Så fortsatte vi arbeidet med halvparten av mennene som holdt spyd, fra dagens første lys til stjernene viste seg.
- B1930
- Så arbeidet vi da på verket mens halvdelen stod der med sine spyd, fra morgenrøden rant op til stjernene kom frem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 6:9
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Read in contextColossians 1:29
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
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