Nehemiah 4:20

Nehemiah 4:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
• New International Version (NIV)Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”

Context of Nehemiah 4:20

18And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me. 19Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall. Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!” 21So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out. 22At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”

Nehemiah 4:20 word by word

בִּמְק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר שָׁ֖מָּה תִּקָּבְצ֣וּ אֵלֵ֑ינוּ אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יִלָּ֥חֶם לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Whereverמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of the hornשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
• rallyקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• to usאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• Our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• will fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898

Cross-references for Nehemiah 4:20

• Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
• Deuteronomy 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
• Deuteronomy 3:22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
• Deuteronomy 20:4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
• Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
• Zechariah 14:3Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 4:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Ye hear the sound of the trumpet - As the walls were very extensive, and the workmen consequently much scattered, their enemies might easily attack and destroy them successively, he therefore ordered them all to work as near to each other as they could; and himself, who was everywhere surveying the work, kept a trumpeter always with him, who was to sound when the enemy approached; and all were instantly to run to the place where they heard the sound.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 We must watch always against spiritual enemies, and not expect that our warfare will be over till our work is ended. The word of God is the sword of the Spirit, which we ought to have always at hand, and never to have to seek for it, either in our labours, or in our conflicts, as Christians. Every true Christian is both a labourer and a soldier, working with one hand, and fighting with the other. Good work is likely to go on with success…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20Our God will fight for us!: Nehemiah used Israel’s ancient holy war tradition (Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 1:30; 20:4; Joshua 10:14; 23:10) to assure the people that they would win if they trusted in the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-237-21. But ... when Sanballat ... heard that the walls ... were made up, and ... the breaches ... stopped--The rapid progress of the fortifications, despite all their predictions to the contrary, goaded the Samaritans to frenzy. So they, dreading danger from the growing greatness of the Jews, formed a conspiracy to surprise them, demolish their works, and disperse or intimidate the builders. The plot being discovered, Nehemiah adopted the most energetic…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 4:20

• Armies
• Prudence
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Armour
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Jerusalem

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