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Nehemiah 4:5

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3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

4 Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

6 So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

7 When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

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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
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
KJV
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
WEB
Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
ASV
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
DARBY
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
BLB
And do not cover over their iniquity; and their sin, do not let it be blotted out from before You, for they have provoked anger in front of the builders.
ÅB
Dekk ikke over deres misgjerning, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet for ditt åsyn! For de har krenket deg for bygningsmennenes ører.
OTB
Dekk ikke over deres skyld, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet fra ditt åsyn, for de har demoralisert bygningsarbeiderne.
B1930
Dekk ikke over deres misgjerning, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet for ditt åsyn! For de har krenket dig for bygningsmennenes ører.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 109:14

    May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

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  • Jeremiah 18:23

    But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

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  • Psalms 69:27–28

    Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

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  • Isaiah 44:22

    I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:14

    Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

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  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

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  • Psalms 51:1

    Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

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  • Psalms 59:5–13

    O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

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