Nehemiah 4:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ As for the builders, each one had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the ram’s horn 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.

Nehemiah 4:18 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So I set men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the openings – I set the people according to their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 4:17

who were building on the wall, and those bearing burdens, those loading, working with one hand in the work, and with the other holding a weapon.

Nehemiah 4:19

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

Ezekiel 33:3

and he sees the sword coming upon the land, and shall blow the ram’s horn and shall warn the people,

Numbers 10:9

“And when you go into battle in your land against the enemy that distresses you, then you shall shout with the trumpets, and you shall be remembered before יהוה  your Elohim, and you shall be saved from your enemies.