At that time I also said this to the people: “Every builder and his helper must stay inside Jerusalem at night. Then they can be guards at night and workers during the day.”
Nehemiah 4:23 - Easy To Read Version So none of us took off our clothes—not me, not my brothers, not my men, and not the guards. Each of us had our weapon ready at all times, even when we went to get water. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So none of us–I, my kinsmen, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me–took off our clothes; each kept his weapon [in his hand for days]. American Standard Version (1901) So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water. Common English Bible Neither I nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor my bodyguards took off our clothes, even when they sent for water. Catholic Public Domain Version But I and my brothers, and my servants, and the guards who were behind me, we did not take off our clothes; each one only removed his clothes to wash. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed. |
At that time I also said this to the people: “Every builder and his helper must stay inside Jerusalem at night. Then they can be guards at night and workers during the day.”
Many of the \{poor\} people began to complain against their Jewish brothers.
I worked hard at building the wall of Jerusalem. All my men gathered there to work on the wall. We didn’t take any land from anyone!
Next, I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem. I chose another man named Hananiah to be the commander of the fort. I picked Hanani because he was a very honest man and he feared God more than most men do.
They don’t trip each other.\par Each soldier walks in his \{own\} path.\par If one of the soldiers is hit and falls down,\par the others keep right on marching.\par
But, because of God’s grace (gift), that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God’s grace that was with me.)
At the watering holes for the animals, we hear the music of cymbals. People sing about the victories of the Lord, the victories of his soldiers in Israel when the Lord’s people fought at the city gates {and won}!
So Abimelech and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. [89] Abimelech took an axe and cut off some branches. He carried those branches on his shoulders. Then Abimelech said to the men with him, “Hurry! Do the same thing that I have done.”