Nehemiah 4 · Verse 20

Nehemiah 4:20

In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
Nehemiah 4:20, King James Version

Nehemiah 4:20 in other translations

BSBWherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
WEBWherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
ASVin what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.
YLTin the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'
DARBYin what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.
BBEWherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.
WebsterIn what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither to us: our God will fight for us.

What does Nehemiah 4:20 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 Ye hear the sound of the trumpet - As the walls were very extensive, and the workmen consequently much scattered, their enemies might easily attack and destroy them successively, he therefore ordered them all to work as near to each other as they could; and himself, who was everywhere surveying the work, kept a trumpeter always with him, who was to sound when the enemy approached; and all were instantly to run to the place where they heard the sound.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 4:16-23

We must watch always against spiritual enemies, and not expect that our warfare will be over till our work is ended. The word of God is the sword of the Spirit, which we ought to have always at hand, and never to have to seek for it, either in our labours, or in our conflicts, as Christians. Every true Christian is both a labourer and a soldier, working with one hand, and fighting with the other. Good work is likely…

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Nehemiah 4:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּמְק֗וֹםbim.Komin [the] placeH4725
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sher<of> whereH834
תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙tish.me.'Uyou will hearH8085
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
ק֣וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963
הַשּׁוֹפָ֔רha.sho.Farthe ram's hornH7782
שָׁ֖מָּהSha.mahthere towardsH8033
תִּקָּבְצ֣וּti.ka.ve.Tzuyou will assembleH6908
אֵלֵ֑ינוּ'e.Lei.nuto usH413
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430
יִלָּ֥חֶםyi.La.chemhe will fightH3898
לָֽנוּ\׃La.nufor us

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 4:20

  • Exodus 14:14

    The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

  • Deuteronomy 20:4

    For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

  • Deuteronomy 1:30

    The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

  • Joshua 23:10

    One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

  • Deuteronomy 3:22

    Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.

  • Zechariah 14:3

    Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

  • Exodus 14:25

    And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

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Ex 14:14,25; De 1:30; 3:22; 20:4; Jos 23:10; Zec 14:3

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Context

  • Nehemiah 4:19

    And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

  • Nehemiah 4:20

    In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

  • Nehemiah 4:21

    So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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Nehemiah 4:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En el lugar donde oyereis la voz de la trompeta, reuníos allí á nosotros: nuestro Dios peleará por nosotros.
German
Elberfelder 1871		An dem Orte, wo ihr den Schall der Posaune hören werdet, dahin versammelt euch zu uns. Unser Gott wird für uns streiten!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		in loco quocumque audieritis clangorem tubæ, illuc concurrite ad nos: Deus noster pugnabit pro nobis.