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.
Nehemiah 4:17 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those who built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves so that everyone worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other hand, American Standard Version (1901) They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon; Common English Bible who were building the wall. The carriers did their work with a load in one hand and a weapon in the other. Catholic Public Domain Version As for those building the wall, and carrying the burdens, and setting things in place: one of his hands was doing the work, and the other was holding a sword. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword. |
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.
It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Yehudah.
and the builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side, and so built. He who sounded the shofar was by me.
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the mitzvah to restore and to build Yerushalayim to the Anointed One, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.
Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and don't break ranks.
for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Messiah.
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Messiah Yeshua.
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.