Nehemiah 4 (NET)

Nehemiah 4:1¹(3:33) Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:36Neh 2:10Acts 5:17Neh 2:19Ps 35:15-16Matt 27:29Ezra 4:1-5Ps 44:13-14

Nehemiah 4:2²and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:27Ezra 4:9-101 Sam 14:11-121 Sam 17:43-44Ezek 37:3-13Hab 3:2Neh 12:43Neh 4:10Zech 12:8Neh 12:27

Nehemiah 4:3³Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 2:191 Kgs 20:101 Kgs 20:182 Kgs 18:23Neh 2:10Lam 5:18Neh 6:1

Nehemiah 4:4⁴Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Return their reproach on their own head. Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 79:12Ps 123:3-4Prov 3:34Hos 12:141 Sam 17:26

Nehemiah 4:5⁵Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight, for they have bitterly offended the builders.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 18:23Ps 109:14Ps 69:27-282 Tim 4:14Isa 44:22Isa 43:25Ps 51:1Ps 51:9Ps 59:5-13

Nehemiah 4:6⁶So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:131 Chr 29:3Heb 13:21Neh 6:151 Chr 29:141 Chr 29:17-18Ps 110:32 Chr 29:362 Cor 8:16-17

Nehemiah 4:7⁷(4:1) When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 2:10Neh 4:1Acts 4:17-18Acts 5:33Amos 1:13Jer 25:20Rev 12:12-13Rev 12:171 Sam 11:21 Sam 5:1-2

Nehemiah 4:8⁸All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 83:3-11Acts 23:12-13Isa 8:9-10Jer 20:10Ps 2:1-3

Nehemiah 4:9⁹So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:8Acts 4:24-30Ps 50:15Luke 21:36Luke 6:11-12Matt 26:412 Kgs 19:14-19Gen 32:28Neh 4:11Ps 55:16-22

Nehemiah 4:10¹⁰Then those in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 2:18Ezek 29:18Hag 1:2Num 13:31Num 32:9Ps 11:1-2

Nehemiah 4:11¹¹Our adversaries also boasted, “Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:22 Sam 17:2Acts 23:12Acts 23:21Isa 47:11Judg 20:29-48Ps 56:6

Nehemiah 4:12¹²So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly about all the schemes they were plotting against us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 31:41Gen 31:7Job 19:3Num 14:22

Nehemiah 4:13¹³So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 6:11-20Neh 4:17-181 Cor 14:202 Chr 32:2-8Gen 32:13-20Matt 10:16Ps 112:5Song 3:7-8

Nehemiah 4:14¹⁴When I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 10:12Num 14:9Isa 41:10-14Heb 13:6Ps 66:3Matt 10:28Ps 20:7Ps 65:5Deut 1:212 Chr 32:7

Nehemiah 4:15¹⁵It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 17:14Rom 12:11Isa 44:25Job 5:12-13Ps 33:10-112 Sam 15:31Isa 8:10Lam 3:37-38Prov 21:301 Cor 3:19-20

Nehemiah 4:16¹⁶From that day forward, half my men were doing the work and half were taking up spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people of JudahCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 4:23Neh 5:15-16Ps 101:6

Nehemiah 4:17¹⁷who were rebuilding the wall. Those who were carrying loads did so by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:72 Tim 2:32 Tim 4:71 Cor 16:131 Cor 16:9Eph 6:11-20Phil 1:281 Cor 9:12Dan 9:25

Nehemiah 4:18¹⁸The builders, to a man, had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 10:92 Chr 13:12-17

Nehemiah 4:19¹⁹I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 4:20²⁰Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 14:14Deut 1:30Deut 20:4Deut 3:22Josh 23:10Zech 14:3Exod 14:25

Nehemiah 4:21²¹So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 6:9Col 1:29

Nehemiah 4:22²²At that time I instructed the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 11:1-2

Nehemiah 4:23²³We did not change clothes —not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:10Judg 5:11Judg 9:48Neh 5:16Neh 7:2