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Nehemiah 4:23

Faithfulness and loyaltyWork

21 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.”

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.
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BSB
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.
KJV
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
WEB
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
ASV
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
DARBY
And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.
BLB
And none—I and my brothers and my servants and the men of the guard who [were] behind me—none of us took off our garments; each man [had] his weapon at the water.
ÅB
Og hverken jeg eller mine brødre eller mine tjenere eller vaktmennene, som fulgte meg, kom av klærne; hver mann hadde sitt våpen hos seg og vann.
OTB
Verken jeg eller mine brødre eller mine menn eller vaktene med meg tok av oss klærne; hver beholdt sitt våpen, selv når han gikk for å hente vann.
B1930
Og hverken jeg eller mine brødre eller mine tjenere eller vaktmennene, som fulgte mig, kom av klærne; hver mann hadde sitt våben hos sig og vann.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 5:16

    Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.

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  • Nehemiah 7:2

    Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

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  • Judges 5:11

    the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

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  • Judges 9:48

    he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

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