And he made seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to make the people work.
Nehemiah 4:10 - The Scriptures 2009 And Yehuḏah said, “The strength of the burden bearers is weakening, and there is so much rubbish that we are unable to build 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. |
And he made seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to make the people work.
and over the burden bearers, and overseers of all who did work in any kind of service. And of the Lĕwites were scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.
And our adversaries said, “Let them not know or see it until we come into their midst and shall kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Shomeron, and said, “What are these feeble Yehuḏim doing? Are they going to restore, slaughter, complete it in a day? Are they going to bring to life the stones from the heaps of rubbish which are burned?”
But we prayed to our Elohim, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
“Son of man, Neḇuḵaḏretstsar sovereign of Baḇel made his army to serve a great service against Tsor, every head was made bald and every shoulder worn bare. But he and his army received no reward from Tsor, for the service he served against it.
“Thus spoke יהוה of hosts, saying, ‘This people have said, “The time has not come, the time the House of יהוה is to be built.” ’ ”
But 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 wadi Eshkol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Yisra’ĕl, so that they did not go into the land which יהוה had given them.