Nehemiah 4:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²¹ And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and let us take corn be- cause of the famine.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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

²¹ So we labored at the work while half of them held the spears from dawn until the stars came out.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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

²¹ So we continued the work, with half of them holding spears from dawn until dusk.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ 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."

Nehemiah 4:21 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:20

And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.

Nehemiah 4:22

And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:

1 Corinthians 15:10

9 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

1 Corinthians 15:58

For a great door and evident is opened unto me: and many adversaries.

Galatians 6:9

8 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

Colossians 1:29

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally;