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 4:1 ¶ But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

 4:1 ¶ But it came to pass,º that whenº Sanballatº heardºº thatº weº buildedººº the wall,º he was wroth,ºº and took greatºº indignation,ººº and mockedººº the Jews.º

 4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

 4:2 And he spakeºº beforeº his brethrenº and the armyº of Samaria,º and said,ºº Whatº doºº these feebleº Jews?º will they fortifyºº themselves? will they sacrifice?ºº will they make an endºº in a day?º will they reviveººº the stonesº out of the heapsºº of the rubbishº whichº are burned?ºº

 4:3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

 4:3 Now Tobiahº the Ammoniteº [was] byº him,º and he said,ºº Evenº that whichº theyº build,ºº ifº a foxº go up,ºº he shall even break downºº their stoneº wall.º

 4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

 4:4 Hear,ºº O our God;º forº we areº despised:º and turnºº their reproachº uponº their own head,º and giveºº them for a preyº in the landº of captivity:º

 4:5 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.

 4:5 And coverººº notº their iniquity,º and let notº their sinº be blotted outºº from beforeºº thee: forº they have provoked [thee] to angerºº beforeº the builders.ºº

 4:6 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.

 4:6 So builtºº weº the wall;º and allº the wallº was joined togetherºº untoº the halfº thereof: for the peopleº hadº a mindº to work.ºº

 4:7 ¶ But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;

 4:7 ¶ But it came to pass,º [that] whenº Sanballat,º and Tobiah,º and the Arabians,º and the Ammonites,º and the Ashdodites,º heardºº thatº the wallsº of Jerusalemº were made up,ººº [and] thatº the breachesºº beganºº to be stopped,ºº then they were veryº wroth,ºº

 4:8 and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

 4:8 And conspiredºº allº of them togetherº to comeºº [and] to fightºº against Jerusalem,º and to hinderººº it.

 4:9 But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayerºº untoº our God,º and setºº a watchº againstº them dayº and night,º becauseº ofºº them.

 4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

 4:10 And Judahº said,ºº The strengthº of the bearers of burdensº is decayed,ºº and [there is] muchºº rubbish;º so that weº are notº ableºº to buildºº the wall.º

 4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

 4:11 And our adversariesº said,ºº They shall notº know,ºº neitherº see,ºº tillºº we comeºº inº the midstº amongº them, and slayºº them, and causeº the workº to cease.ºº

 4:12 And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto us.

 4:12 And it came to pass,º that whenº the Jewsº which dweltºº byº themº came,ºº they saidºº unto us tenº times,º From allºº placesº whenceº ye shall returnºº untoº us [they will be upon you].

 4:13 ¶ Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

 4:13 ¶ Therefore setºº I in the lowerºº placesº behindºº the wall,º [and] on the higher places,ººº I even setººº the peopleº after their familiesº withº their swords,º their spears,º and their bows.º

 4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

 4:14 And I looked,ºº and rose up,ºº and saidºº untoº the nobles,º and toº the rulers,º and toº the restº of the people,º Be notº ye afraidºº ofºº them:º rememberººº the Lord,º [which is] greatº and terrible,ºº and fightºº forº your brethren,º your sons,º and your daughters,º your wives,º and your houses.º

 4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

 4:15 And it came to pass,º whenº our enemiesºº heardºº thatº it was knownºº unto us, and Godº had broughtºº their counselº to nought,ºººº that we returnedºº allº of us toº the wall,º every oneº untoº his work.º

 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

 4:16 And it came to passº fromº thatº timeº forth, [that] the halfº of my servantsº wroughtºº in the work,º and the other halfº of them heldºº both the spears,º the shields,º and the bows,º and the habergeons;º and the rulersº [were] behindº allº the houseº of Judah.º

 4:17 They all builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

 4:17 They which buildedºº on the wall,º and they that bareºº burdens,º with those that laded,ºº [every one] with oneº of his handsº wroughtºº in the work,º and with the otherº [hand] heldºº a weapon.º

 4:18 and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

 4:18 For the builders,ºº every oneº had his swordº girdedºº byº his side,º and [so] builded.ºº And he that soundedºº the trumpetº [was] byº me.º

 4:19 ¶ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another:

 4:19 ¶ And I saidºº untoº the nobles,º and toº the rulers,º and toº the restº of the people,º The workº [is] greatºº and large,º and weº are separatedºº uponº the wall,º oneº farº fromº another.ºº

 4:20 in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.

 4:20 In whatº placeº [therefore] ye hearººº the soundº of the trumpet,º resortºº ye thitherº untoº us: our Godº shall fightºº for us.

 4:21 So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

 4:21 So weº labouredºº in the work:º and halfº of them heldºº the spearsº from the risingººº of the morningº tillº the starsº appeared.ºº

 4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.

 4:22 Likewiseº at the sameº timeº saidºº I unto the people,º Let every oneº with his servantº lodgeºº withinº Jerusalem,º that in the nightº they may beº a guardº to us, and labourº on the day.º

 4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one [went with] his weapon [to] the water.

 4:23 So neitherº I,º nor my brethren,º nor my servants,º nor the menºº of the guardº whichº followedº me, noneº of usº put offºº our clothes,º [saving that] every oneº put them offºº for washing.º