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Nehemiah 4:9

PrayerWisdomFaithProtection and safety

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.

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.

11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

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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, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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  • Psalms 50:15

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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  • Acts 4:24–30

    And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

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  • Matthew 26:41

    Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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  • Luke 6:11–12

    And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

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  • Luke 21:36

    Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

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  • 2 Kings 19:14–19

    And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

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  • Genesis 32:28

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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