Nehemiah 4:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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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

in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God shall fight for us.

Nehemiah 4:22

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Colossians 1:29

whereunto I labour also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.