Nehemiah 4:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ And each of the builders had his sword girded at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And every builder had his sword girded by his side, and so worked. And he who sounded the trumpet was at my side.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The builders built with swords fastened in their belts, and the trumpeter stayed by my side.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For each one of the builders was girded with a sword at the waist. And they were building, and they were sounding a trumpet beside me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.

Nehemiah 4:18 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 4:17

who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were laden in such a way that each with one hand labored on the work and with the other held his weapon.

Nehemiah 4:19

And I said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.

Ezekiel 33:3

and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people;

Numbers 10:9

And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.