I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.
Nehemiah 4:12 - Easy To Read Version Then the Jews living among our enemies came and said this to us ten times, ‘Our enemies are all around us. They are everywhere we turn.’” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the Jews who lived near them came, they said to us ten times, You must return [to guard our little villages]; from all places where they dwell they will be upon us. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto us. Common English Bible Now the Jews who were living near them came and said to us again and again, “You must return to us!” Catholic Public Domain Version Now it happened that, on ten occasions, some Jews arrived who were living near them, from all the places from which they came to us, and they told us this. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us: |
I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.
But your father cheated me. Your father has changed my pay ten times. But during all this time, God protected me from all of Laban’s tricks.
And our enemies are saying, ‘Before the Jews know it or see us, we will be right there among them. We will kill them and that will stop the work.’”
So I put some of the people behind the lowest places along the wall. And I put them by the holes in the wall. I put families together, with their swords, spears, and bows.
You have insulted me ten times now.\par You show no shame when you attack me!\par
Every time the king asked them about something important, they showed much wisdom and understanding. The king found they were ten times better than all the magic men and wise men in his kingdom.
None of the people I led out of Egypt will ever see the land of Canaan. Those people saw my glory and the great signs that I did in Egypt. And they saw the great things that I did in the desert. But they disobeyed me and tested me ten times.