Nehemiah 4:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² before his colleagues and the powerful men  of Samaria  and said, ‘What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones  back to life from the mounds of rubble? ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And he said before his brethren and the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things [at will and by themselves]? Will they [try to bribe their God] with sacrifices? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

American Standard Version (1901)

² And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

Common English Bible

² saying in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria: “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the piles of rubble, even though they are burned?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he said, before his brothers and a crowd of the Samaritans: "What are the foolish Jews doing? Can it be that the Gentiles will allow them? Will they sacrifice and finish in one day? Do they have the ability to make stones out of piles of dust that have been burned up?"

Nehemiah 4:2 Cross References

Ezra 4:4

Then the people who were already in the land  discouraged  the people of Judah and made them afraid  to build.

Nehemiah 12:27

At the dedication of the wall  of Jerusalem, they sent for the Levites wherever they lived and brought them to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:43

On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy.  The women and children also celebrated, and Jerusalem’s rejoicing was heard far away.

Nehemiah 4:10

In Judah, it was said: The strength of the labourer fails, since there is so much rubble. We will never be able to rebuild the wall.

Nehemiah 6:15

The wall was completed  in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul.

Jeremiah 26:18

‘Micah the Moreshite  prophesied in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah  and said to all the people of Judah, “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.”

Jeremiah 33:24

‘Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, “The Lord has rejected the two families he had chosen.”  My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them.

Daniel 9:25

Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an Anointed One,  the ruler, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with a square and a moat, but in difficult times.

Habakkuk 3:2

Lord, I have heard the report about you; Lord, I stand in awe of your deeds. Revive your work in these years; make it known in these years. In your wrath remember mercy!

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem,  so that on that day the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord, before them.

Zechariah 4:10

For who despises the day of small things?  These seven eyes of the Lord, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the ceremonial stone  in Zerubbabel’s hand.’

1 Corinthians 1:27

Instead, God has chosen  what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.