Nehemiah 2:19

Nehemiah 2:19 in other translations

What does Nehemiah 2:19 mean?

Nehemiah 2:19 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Nehemiah 2:19

• Nehemiah 6:6

  Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

• Nehemiah 6:1-2

  Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

• Psalms 44:13-14

  Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

• Mark 5:40

  And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

• Psalms 80:6

  Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

• Job 30:1

  But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

• Acts 24:5

  For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

• Hebrews 11:36

  And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

• Nehemiah 4:1

  But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

• John 19:12

  And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar.

• Ezra 4:15-16

  That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

• Psalms 79:4

  We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

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Context

• Nehemiah 2:18

  Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

• Nehemiah 2:19

  But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

• Nehemiah 2:20

  Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

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