But you, chazak! Do not let your hands be slack for there is reward for your labor.”
Nehemiah 6:9 - Tree of Life Version For they were all trying to intimidate us, thinking, “Their hands will become weak from the work and it will not be done.” So now, strengthen my hands! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, Their hands will be so weak that the work will not be done. But now strengthen my hands! American Standard Version (1901) For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands. Common English Bible All of them were trying to make us afraid, saying, “They will be discouraged, and the work won’t get finished.” But now, God, strengthen me! Catholic Public Domain Version For all these men wished to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would cease. For this reason, I strengthened my hands all the more. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more. |
But you, chazak! Do not let your hands be slack for there is reward for your labor.”
Then they cried out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall to terrify and frighten them, in order to capture the city.
All those around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, gold, goods, cattle and valuable gifts, besides all that was willingly offered.
Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who have been trying to intimidate me.
On the day I called, You answered me. You made me bold with strength in my soul.
Ascribe strength to God— His majesty is over Israel and His strength is in the skies.
He gives strength to the weary, and to one without vigor He adds might.
Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Surely I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Then the officials said to the king: “This man should now be put to death, since he demoralizes the men of war remaining in this city as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the shalom of this people, but calamity.”
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword into his hand. I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so he will groan before him like a fatally wounded man.
So I will strengthen them in Adonai and they will walk in His Name. It is a declaration of Adonai.
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Messiah may dwell in me.
I pray that from His glorious riches He would grant you to be strengthened in your inner being with power through His Ruach,
Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble!
After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace—who has called you into His eternal glory in Messiah—will Himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
So David was in a serious bind, for the troops were calling for his stoning, for all the troops were bitter of soul, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Adonai his God.