I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and terrify him so that all the people that are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king when he is alone.
Nehemiah 4:11 - Tree of Life Version Those building the wall and those bearing heavy burdens kept one hand on the work and the other holding a weapon. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And our enemies said, They will not know or see till we come into their midst and kill them and stop the work. American Standard Version (1901) And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. Common English Bible Meanwhile, our enemies were saying: “Before they know or see anything, we can be in their midst and start to kill them. We’ll stop the work!” Catholic Public Domain Version And our enemies said: "Let them neither know, nor realize, until we arrive in their midst, and kill them, and cause the work to cease." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease. |
I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and terrify him so that all the people that are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king when he is alone.
From that day on, half of my men were doing the work, while half of them took hold of the spears, shields, bows and breastplates, and the leaders were behind the entire house of Judah.
So each of the builders had his sword strapped to his side while they were building, and the shofar blower was beside me.
Now when our enemies heard that their plan was known to us, and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to his work.
All day they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
But calamity will come upon you. You won’t know how to charm it away. Disaster will fall on you, for which you cannot atone. Catastrophe you cannot foresee will suddenly come upon you.
When it was day, the Judean leaders formed a conspiracy. They bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
But do not give in to them, for more than forty of them have bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Even now, they are ready and waiting for your consent.”
For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.