Nehemiah 4:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ 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

Rally to us wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet. Our God will fight for us.”

Nehemiah 4:22

I also said to the people at that time, “Let every man and his servant pass the night inside Jerusalem, so that they may be a guard for us by night and may labor by day.”

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Galatians 6:9

So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.

Colossians 1:29

For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.