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Nehemiah 4:8

Jerusalem
FearFellowship and the church

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,

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

9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

10 Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

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BSB
and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.
KJV
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
WEB
and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
ASV
and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
DARBY
and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
BLB
And all of them conspired together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
ÅB
Og de sammensvor seg alle om å komme og stride mot Jerusalem og hindre folket i dets arbeid.
OTB
De sammensverget seg alle om å komme og kjempe mot Jerusalem og forårsake forvirring i den.
B1930
Og de sammensvor sig alle om å komme og stride mot Jerusalem og hindre folket i dets arbeid.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 83:3–11

    With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

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  • Jeremiah 20:10

    For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

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  • Isaiah 8:9–10

    Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

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  • Acts 23:12–13

    When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

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  • Psalms 2:1–3

    Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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