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 4:11 in other translations
| BSB | And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.” |
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| WEB | Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | And our adversaries say, ‘They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.' |
| DARBY | And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work. |
| BBE | And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Nehemiah 4:11 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…
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 4:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 4:11
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
- Psalms 56:6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- Judges 20:29-48
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. …
- Acts 23:21
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
- Acts 23:12
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
- 2 Samuel 17:2
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
- Isaiah 47:11
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
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- 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 4:12
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
Nehemiah 4:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y nuestros enemigos dijeron: No sepan, ni vean, hasta que entremos en medio de ellos, y los matemos, y hagamos cesar la obra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ceux qui bâtissaient la muraille, et ceux qui portaient les fardeaux et ceux qui les chargeaient, faisaient le travail d’une main, et, de l’autre main, tenaient une arme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Unsere Widersacher aber sprachen: Sie sollen es nicht wissen, noch sollen sie es sehen, bis wir mitten unter sie kommen und sie erschlagen und dem Werke Einhalt tun. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixerunt hostes nostri: Nesciant, et ignorent donec veniamus in medium eorum, et interficiamus eos, et cessare faciamus opus. |