Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Nehemiah 4:12 - King James Version - American Edition And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the Jews who lived near them came, they said to us ten times, You must return [to guard our little villages]; from all places where they dwell they will be upon us. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto us. Common English Bible Now the Jews who were living near them came and said to us again and again, “You must return to us!” Catholic Public Domain Version Now it happened that, on ten occasions, some Jews arrived who were living near them, from all the places from which they came to us, and they told us this. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us: |
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
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.
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;