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Nehemiah 4:6
6So we built the wall and the entire wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a heart to work.
Nehemiah 4:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
- New International Version (NIV)So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
Context of Nehemiah 4:6
4[And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, how we are despised! Return their taunts on their own heads. Give them up as prey in a land of captivity. 5Do not forgive their wrongdoing and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have offended the builders [and provoked You]. So we built the wall and the entire wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a heart to work. 7But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches were being closed, they were very angry. 8They all conspired together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to cause a disturbance in it.
Read all of Nehemiah 4Nehemiah 4:6 word by word
וַנִּבְנֶה֙ אֶת־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר כָּל־הַחוֹמָ֖ה עַד־חֶצְיָ֑הּ וַיְהִ֧י לֵ֦ב לָעָ֖ם לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Nehemiah 4:6
- Nehemiah 6:15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.
- 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because I delight in the house of my God, the [personal] treasure that I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, in addition to all that I have already provided for the holy house:
- 2 Chronicles 29:36Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.
- Psalms 110:3Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, Your young men are to You as the dew.
- 2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks be to God who puts the same genuine concern for you in the heart of Titus.
- Philippians 2:13For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.
- Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 4:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For the people had a mind to work - The original is very emphatic: לעשות לעם לב ויהי vayehi leb leam laasoth, "For the people had a heart to work." Their hearts were engaged in it; and where the heart is engaged, the work of God goes on well. The whole of this 6th verse is omitted by the Septuagint.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Unto the half thereof - i. e. to half the intended height.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6half its height: The wall might be 3.0 to 3.7 meters (ten to 12 feet) tall. Some scholars think the original wall was six to 7.3 meters (20 to 24 feet) high.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof--The whole circuit of the wall had been distributed in sections to various companies of the people, and was completed to the half of the intended height.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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