Nehemiah 4:13 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹³ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ So I set [armed men] behind the wall in places where it was least protected; I even thus used the people as families with their swords, spears, and bows.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Common English Bible

¹³ So I took up a position in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall in an open area. Then I stationed the people by families, and they had their swords, spears, and bows.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ So I stationed the people in order, in places behind the wall, all around it, with their swords, and lances, and bows.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.

Nehemiah 4:13 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:12

And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

Nehemiah 6:3

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Psalm 112:5

A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.