New English Translation
Nehemiah 4:6
6So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.
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, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! 5Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders! So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work. 7(4:1) When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry. 8All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.
Read all of Nehemiah 4Nehemiah 4:6 word by word
וַנִּבְנֶה֙ אֶת־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר כָּל־הַחוֹמָ֖ה עַד־חֶצְיָ֑הּ וַיְהִ֧י לֵ֦ב לָעָ֖ם לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Nehemiah 4:6
- Nehemiah 6:15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in just fifty-two days.
- 1 Chronicles 29:3Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.
- 2 Chronicles 29:36Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.
- Psalms 110:3Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
- 2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,
- Philippians 2:13for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.
- Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. 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
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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
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