Catholic Public Domain Version
"And we prayed to our God, and we stationed guards upon the wall, day and night, against them. "
— Nehemiah 4:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.”
“But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. ”
“But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.”
“So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.”
“And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.”
“But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.”
“Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.”
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.
Then Judah said: “The strength of those who carry has diminished, and the amount of material is very great, and so we will not be able to build the wall.”
And our enemies said: “Let them neither know, nor realize, until we arrive in their midst, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
Now it happened that, on ten occasions, some Jews arrived who were living near them, from all the places from which they came to us, and they told us this.