NET Bible
"Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!"
— Nehemiah 4:5, NET Bible
“And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.”
“and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. ”
“don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders."”
“Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.”
“Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.”
“And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.”
and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said,“What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?”
Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said,“If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!
Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. 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.
(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.
All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.