Nehemiah 4:8

Nehemiah 4:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
• New International Version (NIV)They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion.

Context of Nehemiah 4:8

6So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working. 7When Sanballat, Tobiah, and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they became furious. They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw it into confusion. 9So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard because of them day and night. 10In Judah, it was said: The strength of the laborer fails, since there is so much rubble. We will never be able to rebuild the wall.

Nehemiah 4:8 word by word

וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו לָב֖וֹא לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ תּוֹעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And conspiredקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• all of them togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• to comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• and to hinderתּוֹעָהtô‛âh · errorH8442
• and to hinderעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Nehemiah 4:8

• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 83:3They devise clever schemes against your people; they conspire against your treasured ones.
• Isaiah 8:9Band together, peoples, and be broken; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for war, and be broken; prepare for war, and be broken.
• Acts 23:12When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the gossip of many people, “Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him!” Everyone I trusted watches for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we might prevail against him and take our vengeance on him.”

Commentaries on Nehemiah 4:8

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The hindering good work is what bad men aim at, and promise themselves success in; but good work is God's work, and it shall prosper. God has many ways of bringing to light, and so of bringing to nought, the devices and designs of his church's enemies. If our enemies cannot frighten us from duty, or deceive us into sin, they cannot hurt us. Nehemiah put himself and his cause under the Divine protection. It was the way of this good man, and…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 4:8

• Ammonites
• Ashdod
• Character
• Tobiah

In the dictionaries

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