Nehemiah 4:10
And 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.
Nehemiah 4:10 in other translations
| BSB | Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.” |
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| WEB | Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.” |
| ASV | And 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. |
| YLT | And Judah saith, ‘The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish is abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.' |
| DARBY | And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall. |
| BBE | And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall. |
| Webster | And 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. |
What does Nehemiah 4:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 4:7-21
Ne 4:7-23. He Sets a Watch. 7-21. But ... when Sanballat ... heard that the walls ... were made up, and ... the breaches ... stopped--The rapid progress of the fortifications, despite all their predictions to the contrary, goaded the Samaritans to frenzy. So they, dreading danger from the growing greatness of the Jews, formed a conspiracy to surprise them, demolish their works, and disperse or intimidate the…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 4:7-15
The hindering good work is what bad men aim at, and promise themselves success in; but good work is God's work, and it shall prosper. God has many ways of bringing to light, and so of bringing to nought, the devices and designs of his church's enemies. If our enemies cannot frighten us from duty, or deceive us into sin, they cannot hurt us. Nehemiah put himself and his cause under the Divine protection. It was the…
Nehemiah 4:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 4:10
- Haggai 1:2
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.
- Numbers 32:9
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.
- 2 Chronicles 2:18
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
- Numbers 13:31
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
- Psalms 11:1-2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
- Ezekiel 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
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Context
- Nehemiah 4:9
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
- Nehemiah 4:10
And 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.
- Nehemiah 4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Nehemiah 4:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo Judá: Las fuerzas de los acarreadores se han enflaquecido, y el escombro es mucho, y no podemos edificar el muro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et, dès ce jour-là, la moitié de mes jeunes hommes travaillait à l’œuvre, et la moitié tenait les piques, et les boucliers, et les arcs, et les cuirasses; et les chefs étaient derrière toute la maison de Juda. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Juda sprach: Die Kraft der Lastträger sinkt, und des Schuttes ist viel, und so vermögen wir nicht mehr an der Mauer zu bauen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixit autem Judas: Debilitata est fortitudo portantis, et humus nimia est, et nos non poterimus ædificare murum. |