Nehemiah 4:16 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁶ 1 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And from that time forth, half of my servants worked at the task, and the other half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail; and the leaders stood behind all the house of Judah.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But from that day on, only half of my workers continued in the construction, while the other half held the spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Meanwhile, the leaders positioned themselves behind the whole house of Judah,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And it happened that, from that day, half of their young men were doing the work, and half were prepared for war with lances, and shields, and bows, and armor. And the leaders were behind them in all the house of Judah.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail: and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.

Nehemiah 4:16 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:15

0 In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.

Nehemiah 4:17

2 At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.

Nehemiah 4:23

And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess.

Psalm 101:6

Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

Exodus 28:32

5 And Aaron shall be vested with it in the office of his ministry, that the sound may be heard, when he goeth in and cometh out of the sanctuary, in the sight of the Lord, and that he may not die.

Song of Solomon 3:8

Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Jeremiah 46:4

2 The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together.