Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel. [191] I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have not been defeated.”
Nehemiah 4:9 - Easy To Read Version But we prayed to our God. And we put guards on the walls to watch day and night so we could be ready to meet those men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But because of them we made our prayer to our God and set a watch against them day and night. American Standard Version (1901) But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. Common English Bible So we prayed to our God and set a guard as protection against them day and night. Catholic Public Domain Version And we prayed to our God, and we stationed guards upon the wall, day and night, against them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them. |
Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel. [191] I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have not been defeated.”
And so at that time, the people of Judah said, “The workers are becoming tired. There is too much dirt and trash in the way. We can’t continue to build the wall.
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.’”
God stops the plans of clever, evil people,\par so they have no success.\par
The Lord can make everyone’s advice useless.\par He can ruin all their plans.\par
\{God says,\}\par “Call for me when you have troubles!\par I will help you.\par And then you can honor me.”\par
The Lord watches over and protects people who know him. But he destroys people who turn against him.
Stay awake and pray for strength against temptation. Your spirit wants to do what is right. But your body is weak.”
So be ready all the time. Pray that you will be strong enough to continue safely through all these things that will happen. And pray that you will be able to stand before the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [336]} ”
Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy. And he goes around like a roaring lion looking for some person to eat.