NET Bible
"All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it."
— Nehemiah 4:8, NET Bible
“And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.”
“and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein. ”
“and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.”
“And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.”
“And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.”
“And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.”
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.
So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.
Then those in Judah said,“The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”
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!”