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Nehemiah 4:9

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

KJV

Et oravimus Deum nostrum, et posuimus custodes super murum die ac nocte contra eos.

Vulgate

καὶ προσηυξάμεθα πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐστήσαμεν προφύλακας ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֞י כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁר שָׁמְע֤וּ אוֹיְבֵ֨י/נוּ֙ כִּי נ֣וֹדַֽע לָ֔/נוּ וַ/יָּ֥פֶר הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת עֲצָתָ֑/ם ו/נשוב וַ/נָּ֤שָׁב כֻּלָּ֨/נוּ֙ אֶל הַ֣/חוֹמָ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ אֶל מְלַאכְתּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הָפֵ֣ר
hpr
verb · 50×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
י
y
verb · 282×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְלֶ֥אכֶת
ml'kt
noun · 165×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • 2Kgs 19:14 — And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
  • Acts 4:24 — And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
  • Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Gen 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
  • Luke 6:11 — And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
  • Luke 21:36 — Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
  • Matt 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Neh 4:11 — And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
  • Ps 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Ps 55:16 — As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.