Nehemiah 4:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.”
Nehemiah 4:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 4:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 4:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.”
Nehemiah 4:21 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 4:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.”
Nehemiah 4:21 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 4:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”
Nehemiah 4:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 4:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.”
Nehemiah 4:21 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 4:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.”
Nehemiah 4:21 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 4:21 in Context — Nehemiah 4
19 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.
20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 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 labour on the day.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
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What Does Nehemiah 4:21 Mean?
Nehemiah 4:21 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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