Nehemiah 4:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So we labored at the work while half of them held the spears from dawn until the stars came out.

American Standard Version (1901)

So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

Common English Bible

So we continued the work, with half of them holding spears from dawn until dusk.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so let us accomplish the work. And let one half part of us hold spears, from the ascent of dawn until the stars come out."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.

Nehemiah 4:21 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:20

in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God shall fight for us.

Nehemiah 4:22

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Colossians 1:29

whereunto I labour also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.