Nehemiah 4:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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;

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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

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

Nehemiah 4:16

And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Nehemiah 4:18

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

Psalm 149:6

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand;

Song of Solomon 3:8

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.

Daniel 9:25

Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks: and threescore and two weeks, it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.

Joel 2:8

Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path: and they burst through the weapons, and break not off their course.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:9

for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:7

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Philippians 1:28

and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

2 Timothy 2:3

Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: