World English Bible
"So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared."
— Nehemiah 4:21, World English Bible
“So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.”
“So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. ”
“So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk.”
“And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.”
“So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.”
“So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.”
and the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, "The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us."
So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, "Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day."
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.