Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 4:1-12

1But itcameH1961topassH1961that, whenSanballatH5571heardH8085thatweH3588builded thewallH2346, he was wroth, andtookH1961greatמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966indignation, and mocked the Jews.

2And he spake before his brethren and thearmyבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389of Samaria, and said,WhatH6213doH6213theseH3605feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will theymakeH6213an end in a day? will they revive the stonesoutH3605of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and hesaidאֶל־'el-H413,Evenעֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei.HemH5921that which they build, if a fox goupוַנַּעֲמִ֨ידva.na.'a.MidH5975, he shall breakdownמִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃mi.pe.nei.HemH6440their stone wall.

4Hear, O ourGodוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559; forweוַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙va.'a.Nach.nuH587are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give themupלִבְנ֖וֹתliv.NotH1129to spoiling in a land of captivity:

5and covernotH3808their iniquity, andletH3808notH3808their sin be blottedoutיֵדְעוּ֙ye.de.'UH3045frombeforeH413thee: for they have provoked thee to angerbeforeH413the builders.

6SoH1961weH834built the wall; andallH3605the wall wasjoinedבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935togetherעָלֵֽינוּ׃'a.Lei.nuH5921unto half the height thereof: for thepeopleהַיֹּשְׁבִ֖יםhai.yo.she.VimH3427had a mind to work.

7But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of thewallsH2346of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to bestoppedH5975, then they were very wroth;

8and they conspiredallהַגָּד֤וֹלha.ga.DolH1419of themtogetherH5921tocomeוָאָק֗וּםva.'a.KumH6965andfightH3898againstH5921Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

9ButweH3588madeH3045our prayer unto ourGodH430, andsetוַנָּ֤שָׁבva.na.shuvH7725awatchH3045againstH413them day and night,becauseH3588of them.

10AndJudahH3063said, Thestrengthמַחֲזִיקִים֙ma.cha.zi.KimH2388of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there ismuchכָּל־kol-H3605rubbish;soמִן־min-H4480thatweהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117arenotוַיְהִ֣י׀vay.HiH1961able to build the wall.

11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, tillweעֹשֶׂ֣ה'o.SehH6213comeintoיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027the midst of them, and slay them, and cause theworkH4399to cease.

12And itcameH376to pass that, when the Jewswhichחַרְבּ֛וֹchar.BoH2719dwelt by themcameH376, they said untousעַל־'al-H5921ten times fromallH376places, Ye must return untousעָלֵֽינוּ׃'a.Lei.nuH5921.

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