King James Version
"And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease."
— Nehemiah 4:11, King James Version
“And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. ”
“Our adversaries said, "They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease."”
“Our adversaries also boasted,“Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!””
“And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
“And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.”
“And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.”
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.