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Nehemiah 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.

KJV

Dixit autem Judas : Debilitata est fortitudo portantis, et humus nimia est, et nos non poterimus ædificare murum.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἰούδας Συνετρίβη ἡ ἰσχὺς τῶν ἐχθρῶν, καὶ ὄχλος πολύς, καὶ ἡμεῖς οὐ δυνησόμεθα οἰκοδομεῖν ἐν τῷ τείχει.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֣י מִן הַ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֗וּא חֲצִ֣י נְעָרַ/י֮ עֹשִׂ֣ים בַּ/מְּלָאכָה֒ וְ/חֶצְיָ֗/ם מַחֲזִיקִים֙ וְ/הָ/רְמָחִ֣ים הַ/מָּגִנִּ֔ים וְ/הַ/קְּשָׁת֖וֹת וְ/הַ/שִּׁרְיֹנִ֑ים וְ/הַ֨/שָּׂרִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י כָּל בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahJudah

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
ו
v
noun · 717×
חֲצִ֣י
chtsy
noun · 122×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְלֶ֥אכֶת
ml'kt
noun · 165×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מָגֵ֣ן
mgn
noun · 62×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×
רֹ֑מַח
rmch
noun · 14×
שִּׁרְיָ֑ן
shryn
noun · 9×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 34:13 — Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
  • Hag 1:2 — Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.
  • Neh 6:9 — For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.