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 built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. 7Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry. So all of them conspired together to come to fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. 9But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night. 10And so in Judah it was said: “The strength of the burden bearers is failing, Yet there is much rubble; And we ourselves are unable To rebuild the wall.”

Nehemiah 4:8 word by word

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

• So allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• conspiredקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• to comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• and to causeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• confusionתּוֹעָהtô‛âh · errorH8442

Cross-references for Nehemiah 4:8

• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations restless And the peoples plotting in vain?
• Psalms 83:3They make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire together against Your treasured ones.
• Isaiah 8:9“Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; And listen, all remote places of the earth. Get ready, yet be shattered; Get ready, yet be shattered.
• Acts 23:12When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and put themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him; let’s denounce him!” All my trusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: “Perhaps he will be persuaded, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge 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