Nehemiah 4:4 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴ Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn back their taunt upon their own heads, and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ [And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their taunts upon their own heads, and give them for a prey in a land of their captivity.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

Common English Bible

⁴ Listen, God; we are despised! Turn their insults to us back on their heads and make them like plunder in a captive land.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Listen, O our God, for we have become an object of contempt. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and grant that they may be despised in a land of captivity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Hear thou our God, for we are despised. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.

Nehemiah 4:4 Krydshenvisninger

Nehemiah 5:9

So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?

Psalm 79:12

Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!

Proverbs 3:34

Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he shows favor.

Lamentations 1:22

“Let all their evil-doing come before thee; and deal with them as thou hast dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my groans are many and my heart is faint.”

Hosea 12:14

Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him, and will turn back upon him his reproaches.

1 Samuel 17:26

And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”