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Nehemiah 4:3

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

KJV

Sed et Tobias Ammanites, proximus ejus, ait : Ædificent : si ascenderit vulpes, transiliet murum eorum lapideum.

Vulgate

καὶ Τωβίας ὁ Ἀμμανείτης ἐχόμενα αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν· καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς ἑαυτούς Μὴ θυσιάσουσιν ἢ φάγονται ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν; οὐχὶ ἀναβήσεται ἀλώπηξ καὶ καθελεῖ τὸ τεῖχος λίθων αὐτῶν;

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/נִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ וַ/נַּעֲמִ֨יד מִשְׁמָ֧ר עֲלֵי/הֶ֛ם יוֹמָ֥ם וָ/לַ֖יְלָה מִ/פְּנֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל
htpll
verb · 84×
יוֹמָ֣ם
yvmm
noun · 50×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
מִשְׁמָֽר
mshmr
noun · 22×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 10:2 — Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servant
  • Neh 2:19 — But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye reb