Nehemiah 4:6

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

4Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity. 5Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders. So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. 7When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious, 8and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.

Nehemiah 4:6 word by word

וַנִּבְנֶה֙ אֶת־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר כָּל־הַחוֹמָ֖ה עַד־חֶצְיָ֑הּ וַיְהִ֧י לֵ֦ב לָעָ֖ם לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• So we rebuiltבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• until allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• was joined togetherקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• up toעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• half itsחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• for the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• hadהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a mindלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• to workעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Nehemiah 4:6

• Nehemiah 6:15So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
• 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
• 2 Chronicles 29:36Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.
• Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
• 2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
• Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
• Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be 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

Topics related to Nehemiah 4:6

• Diligence
• Liberality

In the dictionaries

• Armour
• Sanballat
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Esdras, the First Book of

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