Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, eighty thousand to quarry in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred as overseers to make the people work.
Nehemiah 4:10 - Revised Standard Version But Judah said, “The strength of the burden-bearers is failing, and there is much rubbish; we are not able to work on the wall.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [the leaders of] Judah said, The strength of the burden bearers is weakening, and there is much rubbish; we are not able to work on the wall. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But in Judah it was said, “The carrier’s strength is failing, for there is too much rubble. We are unable to rebuild the wall!” Catholic Public Domain Version 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Juda said: The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much; and we shall not be able to build the wall. |
Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, eighty thousand to quarry in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred as overseers to make the people work.
were over the burden bearers and directed all who did work in every kind of service; and some of the Levites were scribes, and officials, and gatekeepers.
And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come into the midst of them and kill them and stop the work.”
And he said in the presence of his brethren and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?”
And we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.
“Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare; yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against it.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: This people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”
Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”
For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land which the Lord had given them.