Then I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good! Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, in order to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?
Nehemiah 4:4 - Tree of Life Version Meanwhile the people of Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is failing. There is so much rubble that we are unable to rebuild the wall.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their taunts upon their own heads, and give them for a prey in a land of their captivity. American Standard Version (1901) Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity; Common English Bible Listen, God; we are despised! Turn their insults to us back on their heads and make them like plunder in a captive land. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, O our God, for we have become an object of contempt. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and grant that they may be despised in a land of captivity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear thou our God, for we are despised. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity. |
Then I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good! Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, in order to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?
Pay back into the midst of our neighbors sevenfold their reproach— the reproach they hurled at You, my Lord.
Let all their evil come before You. Deal with them as you dealt with me, because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many and my heart is faint!”
So by a prophet Adonai brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept.
Then David asked the men who were standing by him saying, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the ranks of the living God?”