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

18All of the builders had swords tied on their belts while they were building. There was a man who would make a sound with his trumpet if there was danger. He stayed near me. 19I said to the leaders, the officers and all the people, ‘It is hard work and the wall is very long. So we are not working near to each other. When you hear the sound of the trumpet, come to join us here. Our God will fight on our behalf.’ 21We continued to work on the wall every day, from dawn until it became dark. Half of the men held spears to be our guards. 22I said to the people, ‘Everybody must stay in Jerusalem each night, together with those who are helping them. Then they can be our guards to keep us safe at night. During each day they can do the work.’

Nehemiah 4:20 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• In what placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• ye hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of the trumpetשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
• resortקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• ye thither unto us: our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• shall fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898

Cross-references for Nehemiah 4:20

• Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you. You will only have to watch.’
• Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God will go in front of you. He will fight to help you, as he fought for you in Egypt. You saw him do it.
• Deuteronomy 3:22So do not be afraid of them. The Lord your God himself will fight to help you.’
• Deuteronomy 20:4The Lord your God is going into battle with you. He will fight for you against your enemies. He will cause you to win.’
• Joshua 23:10Because the Lord your God fights on your behalf, one of you can chase away 1,000 men! The Lord has promised to do this for you.
• Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go out. And he will fight against the people from those countries as in past years.

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