Nehemiah 4:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ who were building the wall. The burden bearers carried their loads in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and with the other held a weapon.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Those who built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves so that everyone worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other hand,

American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Common English Bible

¹⁷ who were building the wall. The carriers did their work with a load in one hand and a weapon in the other.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ As for those building the wall, and carrying the burdens, and setting things in place: one of his hands was doing the work, and the other was holding a sword.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.

Nehemiah 4:17 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 4:16

From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and body-armor, and the leaders posted themselves behind the whole house of Judah

Nehemiah 4:18

And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me.

Psalm 149:6

Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,

Song of Solomon 3:8

all equipped with swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh because of alarms by night.

Daniel 9:25

Know therefore and understand: from the time that the word went out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the time of an anointed prince, there shall be seven weeks, and for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with streets and moat, but in a troubled time.

Joel 2:8

They do not jostle one another; each keeps to its own track; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:9

for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:7

truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

Philippians 1:28

and in no way frightened by those opposing you. For them, this is evidence of their destruction but of your salvation. And this is God’s doing.

2 Timothy 2:3

Share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.