At that time the Jews who lived near them came from all directions and said to us ten times, “You must return to us.”
Nehemiah 4:13 - English Standard Version 2016 So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I set [armed men] behind the wall in places where it was least protected; I even thus used the people as families with their swords, spears, and bows. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. Common English Bible So I took up a position in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall in an open area. Then I stationed the people by families, and they had their swords, spears, and bows. Catholic Public Domain Version So I stationed the people in order, in places behind the wall, all around it, with their swords, and lances, and bows. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows. |
At that time the Jews who lived near them came from all directions and said to us ten times, “You must return to us.”
And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.