So each of the builders had his sword strapped to his side while they were building, and the shofar blower was beside me.
Nehemiah 4:13 - Tree of Life Version Then I said to the nobles, the rulers and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from one another on the wall. 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. |
So each of the builders had his sword strapped to his side while they were building, and the shofar blower was beside me.
So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am doing an important work, so I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
Good comes to a man who is gracious and lends. He will order his affairs with fairness.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Brothers and sisters, stop being children in your thinking—rather, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.