Nehemiah 6:15
13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
- KJV
- So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
- WEB
- So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
- ASV
- So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days.
- DARBY
- So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.
- BLB
- And the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, on the fifty-second day.
- ÅB
- Muren ble ferdig på to og femti dager - den fem og tyvende dag i måneden elul.
- OTB
- Slik ble muren fullført den tjuefemte dagen i Elul, på femtito dager.
- B1930
- Muren blev ferdig på to og femti dager - den fem og tyvende dag i måneden elul.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Read in contextNehemiah 4:1–2
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Read in contextDaniel 9:25
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Read in contextEzra 6:15
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
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