Nehemiah 4:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 4:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 4:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 4:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.””
Nehemiah 4:11 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 4:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Nehemiah 4:11 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 4:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'”
Nehemiah 4:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 4:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work. ”
Nehemiah 4:11 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 4:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of them and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.”
Nehemiah 4:11 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 4:11 in Context — Nehemiah 4
9 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.
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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What Does Nehemiah 4:11 Mean?
Nehemiah 4:11 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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