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Nehemiah 4:9

PrayerWisdomFaithProtection and safety

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.

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.”

11 And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”

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BSB
So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
KJV
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
WEB
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.
ASV
But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
DARBY
Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
BLB
And we made our prayer to our God, and we set a watch against them, day and night, against their faces.
ÅB
Men vi ba til vår Gud, og vi stilte ut vaktposter mot dem dag og natt av frykt for dem.
OTB
Som svar ba vi til vår Gud og satte en vakt dag og natt for å beskytte mot denne trusselen.
B1930
Men vi bad til vår Gud, og vi stilte ut vaktposter mot dem dag og natt av frykt for dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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  • Psalms 50:15

    Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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  • Acts 4:24–30

    When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

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  • Matthew 26:41

    “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

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  • Luke 6:11–12

    But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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  • Luke 21:36

    So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

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  • 2 Kings 19:14–19

    So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

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  • Genesis 32:28

    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

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