Nehemiah 4:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 4:9

7 Now it happened, ^awhen Sanballat, Tobiah, ^bthe Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the¹ gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry,

8 and all of them ^aconspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion.

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

10 Then Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall.”

11 And our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.”

12 So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, “From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us.”

13 Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the openings; and I set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

14 And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, ^a“Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, ^bgreat and awesome, and ^cfight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

15 And it happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and ^athat God had brought their plot to nothing, that all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

Verse Comparison: Nehemiah 4:9

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American Standard Version
But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

Amplified® Bible
But because of them we made our prayer to our God and set a watch against them day and night.

Contemporary English Version
But we kept on praying to our God, and we also stationed guards day and night.

Darby English Version
Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

Good News Bible
but we prayed to our God and kept men on guard against them day and night.

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

New American Standard Bible
But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.

New International Version
But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.

New King James Version
Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.

Revised Standard Version
And we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.

Young's Literal Translation
And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

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