Nehemiah 4:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 4:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 4:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 4:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.””
Nehemiah 4:5 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 4:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Nehemiah 4:5 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 4:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger--over-against those building.”
Nehemiah 4:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 4:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders. ”
Nehemiah 4:5 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 4:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.”
Nehemiah 4:5 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 4:5 in Context — Nehemiah 4
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.
7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
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What Does Nehemiah 4:5 Mean?
Nehemiah 4:5 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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