Nehemiah 4:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.”
Nehemiah 4:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 4:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 4:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.”
Nehemiah 4:9 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 4:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. ”
Nehemiah 4:9 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 4:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.”
Nehemiah 4:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 4:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then we prayed to ourGod, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. ”
Nehemiah 4:9 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 4:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The we prayed vnto our God, and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.”
Nehemiah 4:9 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 4:9 in Context — Nehemiah 4
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,
8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
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.
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What Does Nehemiah 4:9 Mean?
Nehemiah 4:9 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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