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Nehemiah 4:8

Jerusalem
FearFellowship and the church

6 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,

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

9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build 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

    They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

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  • Jeremiah 20:10

    For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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  • Isaiah 8:9–10

    Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

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  • Acts 23:12–13

    And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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  • Psalms 2:1–3

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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