Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Yerushalayim, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.
Nehemiah 4:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the 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. |
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Yerushalayim, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.
that I gave my brother Chanani, and Chananyah the governor of the castle, charge over Yerushalayim; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and don't break ranks.
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Yisra'el. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.
Avimelekh got him up to Mount Tzalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Avimelekh took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.