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Nehemiah 4:6

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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.

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

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,

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

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BSB
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.
KJV
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
WEB
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
ASV
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half [the height] thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
DARBY
But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
BLB
And we built the wall, and all the wall was joined together up to half of it, for the people had a mind to work.
ÅB
Så bygget vi da på muren, og hele muren ble satt i stand til sin halve høyde, og folket hadde godt mot på arbeidet.
OTB
Så fortsatte vi å bygge muren til den nådde halvparten av sin høyde, for folket var fullt ut forpliktet til arbeidet.
B1930
Så bygget vi da på muren, og hele muren blev satt i stand til sin halve høide, og folket hadde godt mot på arbeidet.

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Cross references

  • Philippians 2:13

    For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:3

    Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:

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  • Hebrews 13:21

    equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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  • Nehemiah 6:15

    So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:17–18

    I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:14

    But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

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  • Psalms 110:3

    Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:36

    Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.

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