SinaiNehemiah 4:11
American Standard Version
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.
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Nehemiah 4:11 in other translations
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
Nehemiah 4:11 in context
- 9But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
- 10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
- 11And 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.
- 12And 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.
- 13Therefore 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.