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Nehemiah 4:6

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4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

5 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.

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

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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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Philippians 2:13

    For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:3

    Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

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  • Hebrews 13:21

    Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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  • Nehemiah 6:15

    So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:17–18

    I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:14

    But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

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  • Psalms 110:3

    Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:36

    And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

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