Nehemiah 4:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And every builder had his sword girded by his side, and so worked. And he who sounded the trumpet was at my side.

American Standard Version (1901)

and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

Common English Bible

The builders built with swords fastened in their belts, and the trumpeter stayed by my side.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For each one of the builders was girded with a sword at the waist. And they were building, and they were sounding a trumpet beside me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.

Nehemiah 4:18 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, In the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 4:17

They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

Nehemiah 4:19

And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another:

Ezekiel 33:3

if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

Numbers 10:9

And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.