Nehemiah 4:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:”
Nehemiah 4:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 4:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 4:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.”
Nehemiah 4:4 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 4:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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; ”
Nehemiah 4:4 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 4:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;”
Nehemiah 4:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 4:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Hear, ourGod, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity! ”
Nehemiah 4:4 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 4:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Heare, O our God (for we are despised) and turne their shame vpon their owne head, and giue them vnto a pray in the lande of their captiuitie,”
Nehemiah 4:4 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 4:4 in Context — Nehemiah 4
2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? 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 the rubbish which are burned?
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5 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.
6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
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What Does Nehemiah 4:4 Mean?
Nehemiah 4:4 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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