Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Now
when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding
the wall, he was furious
and filled
with
indignation .
He
ridiculed
the Jews
But
it
came
to
pass
that,
when Sanballat heard that we were building
the wall, he was wroth,
and took
great
indignation ,
and
mocked
the Jews .
before his associates
and the army of Samaria, saying
, “
What are these feeble Jews doing? Can
they restore
the
wall
by
themselves? Will they offer
sacrifices
? Will they complete
it
in a day? Can
they bring
these
burnt
stones back
to
life
from
the mounds
of rubble
? ”
And
he
spake
before his brethren
and the army of Samaria, and
said
, What are these feeble Jews doing? will
they fortify
themselves? will they sacrifice
? will they make
an
end
in a day? will
they revive
the
stones out
of
the heaps
of rubbish,
seeing
they
are
burned
?
Then
Tobiah the Ammonite ,
who
was beside
him, said, “If
even a
fox
were
to
climb
up
on
what
they are building, it
would
break down their wall of
stones!”
Now
Tobiah the Ammonite was by
him, and
he
said, Even that
which
they are building, if
a
fox
go
up,
he
shall
break down their stone
wall .
Hear us
, O God ,
for we are despised .
Turn their
scorn
back upon their own heads
, and let
them be
taken
as
plunder
to
a land of captivity .
Hear, O our
God ;
for we are despised :
and
turn back their
reproach
upon their own head
, and give
them up
for
a spoil
in
a
land of captivity ;
Do
not
cover up
their iniquity or
let their sin be blotted out from Your
sight,
for they have provoked the builders.
and
cover not
their iniquity ,
and
let not
their sin be blotted out from before
thee;
for they have provoked `thee'
to
anger
before
the builders.
So we rebuilt
the wall until
all of
it
was joined together up
to
half its
height ,
for the people had a mind to work.
So we built
the wall ;
and
all the
wall
was joined together unto
half `the
height '
thereof:
for the people had a mind to work.
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,
But
it
came
to
pass
that,
when Sanballat ,
and Tobiah, and
the Arabians
, and
the
Ammonites, and the
Ashdodites, heard that the repairing
of
the walls of Jerusalem went
forward,
`
and '
that the breaches
began
to
be
stopped
, then
they were very
wroth;
and all of them conspired
to come and fight against Jerusalem and create
a
hindrance
.
and they
conspired
all of them together
to come and fight against Jerusalem ,
and to
cause
confusion
therein
.
So
we prayed
to
our God and posted
a guard
against them day and night.
But
we made
our prayer
unto
our
God ,
and set
a watch
against them day and night ,
because
of
them
.
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. ”
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.
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. ”
And our adversaries
said, They shall
not
know ,
neither
see, till
we come into the
midst of
them
, and
slay
them, and cause
the work to
cease
.
At
that time
the Jews who
lived
nearby
came and
told
us ten times over,
“Wherever
you
turn
, they
will
attack
us. ”
And
it
came
to
pass
that ,
when
the Jews that
dwelt
by
them
came ,
they
said
unto
us ten times from
all
places
, Ye
must
return
unto
us.
So
I stationed
men
behind
the lowest sections
of the wall, at
the vulnerable
areas.
I stationed
them
by
families with their swords, spears, and bows.
Therefore
set
I in
the lowest parts
of the space
behind
the
wall, in
the open
places,
I set
`there'
the
people
after
their
families with their swords, their
spears, and their
bows.
After
I had
made
an
inspection
, I
stood
up and said to
the nobles, the officials
, and the rest of the people, “Do
not
be afraid of them .
Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome
, and fight for your brothers
, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes
. ”
And
I looked
, and
rose
up ,
and said unto
the nobles, and
to
the rulers
, and to
the rest of the people, Be not
ye
afraid of them :
remember the Lord, who is great and terrible
, and fight for your brethren
, your sons ,
and your daughters, your wives ,
and your houses
.
When our enemies heard that we
were
aware
of
their
scheme
and that
God had frustrated
it
, each
of us returned
to his
own
work
on
the wall.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when our enemies heard that it
was
known
unto
us,
and God had brought
their
counsel
to
nought
, that
we
returned
all
of us to the wall ,
every
one
unto
his
work
.
And from that day
on
, half of my servants did
the work while
the
other
half held spears, shields, bows, and armor.
The officers
stationed
themselves
behind all the people
of Judah
And it
came
to
pass
from that time
forth
, that
half of my servants wrought
in
the work ,
and
half of
them
held the
spears, the
shields, and
the
bows, and the coats
of
mail;
and
the
rulers
were
behind all the house
of Judah .
who
were
rebuilding
the wall .
The
laborers
who
carried
materials
worked
with one hand
and held
a
weapon
with the other .
They
all
builded
the wall and
they
that
bare
burdens
laded
themselves;
every
one
with one of
his
hands
wrought
in
the
work,
and with the other held
his
weapon;
And each
of
the builders worked
with
his sword strapped
at
his side. But
the trumpeter
stayed
beside
me.
and the builders ,
every
one
had
his sword girded
by
his side ,
and
so
builded
. And
he
that
sounded
the trumpet
was
by
me.
Then
I said to
the nobles, the officials,
and the rest of the people :
“
The work is great and extensive
, and we are spread
out
far from one
another along
the
wall.
And
I said unto
the nobles, and
to
the rulers
and to
the rest of the people ,
The work is great and large
, and we are separated
upon
the
wall,
one
far from another :
Wherever
you
hear the sound of the horn
, rally
to
us there.
Our God will fight for us !”
in
what
place
soever
ye
hear the sound of the trumpet
, resort
ye
thither
unto
us ;
our God will fight for us .
So we continued
the work ,
while
half of the
men
held spears from the break
of dawn
until
the stars came
out
.
So we wrought
in
the work :
and
half of them
held the
spears from the rising
of the morning
till
the
stars appeared
.
At that
time I
also
said to
the people, “
Let every man
and
his servant spend
the
night
inside
Jerusalem, so
that they can
stand
guard by
night
and work
by
day. ”
Likewise
at the
same
time said I
unto
the people, Let every one
with
his servant lodge
within
Jerusalem, that in
the
night
they may
be
a
guard to
us,
and may
labor
in
the
day.
So neither I nor my brothers
nor my servants nor the guards
with
me changed
out
of our clothes ;
each
carried
his weapon ,
even
to go
for
water.
So neither I ,
nor my brethren,
nor my servants ,
nor the men
of
the
guard
that
followed
me ,
none
of us
put
off
our clothes ,
every
one
`went
with'
his weapon `
to '
the
water.
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