Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so we built the wall, and we joined it together, even to the unfinished portion. And the heart of the people was stirred up for the work. "
— Nehemiah 4:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.”
“So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work. ”
“So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half [the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.”
“So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.”
“So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.”
“So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.”
“So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.”
Then too, Tobiah, an Ammonite, his assistant, said: “Let them build. When the fox climbs, he will leap over their stone wall.”
Listen, O our God, for we have become an object of contempt. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and grant that they may be despised in a land of captivity.
May you not conceal their iniquity, and may their sin not be wiped away, before your face, for they have ridiculed those who are building.
And so we built the wall, and we joined it together, even to the unfinished portion. And the heart of the people was stirred up for the work.
Now it happened that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabs, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites had heard that the walls of Jerusalem had been closed, and that the breaches had begun to be repaired, they were exceedingly angry.
And they all gathered together, so that they might go forth and fight against Jerusalem, and so that they might prepare ambushes.
And we prayed to our God, and we stationed guards upon the wall, day and night, against them.