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

18For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 19And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. 21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

Nehemiah 4:20 word by word

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

• 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 14:14Yhwh shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
• Deuteronomy 1:30Yhwh your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
• Deuteronomy 3:22Ye shall not fear them: for Yhwh your God he shall fight for you.
• Deuteronomy 20:4For Yhwh your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
• Joshua 23:10One man of you shall chase a thousand: for Yhwh your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
• Zechariah 14:3And, behold, Yhwh go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the 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