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!”
• New King James Version (NKJV)Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)When you hear the blast of the trumpet, rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will fight for us!”

Context of Nehemiah 4:20

18And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me. 19And I said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "The work is great and widely spread, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another. In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us." 21So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out. 22I also said to the people at that time, "Let every man and his servant pass the night within Jerusalem, that they may be a guard for us by night and may labor by day."

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, and you have only to be silent."
• Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
• Deuteronomy 3:22You shall not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you.'
• Deuteronomy 20:4for the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.'
• Joshua 23:10One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised you.
• Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a 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
• 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