Nehemiah 4:8
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
Nehemiah 4:8 in other translations
| BSB | and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance. |
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| WEB | and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us. |
| ASV | and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein. |
| YLT | and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury. |
| DARBY | and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. |
| BBE | And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there. |
| Webster | And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. |
What does Nehemiah 4:8 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 4:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 4:8
- Psalms 83:3-11
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; …
- Jeremiah 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
- Isaiah 8:9-10
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- Acts 23:12-13
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. And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
- Psalms 2:1-3
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
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Context
- Nehemiah 4:7
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
- Nehemiah 4:8
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
- Nehemiah 4:9
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah 4:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y conspiraron todos á una para venir á combatir á Jerusalem, y á hacerle daño. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je regardai et je me levai, et je dis aux nobles et aux chefs, et au reste du peuple: Ne les craignez pas; souvenez-vous du Seigneur, qui est grand et terrible, et combattez pour vos frères, pour vos fils et pour vos filles, pour vos femmes et pour vos maisons. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie verschworen sich alle miteinander, zu kommen, um wider Jerusalem zu streiten und Schaden darin anzurichten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et congregati sunt omnes pariter ut venirent, et pugnarent contra Jerusalem, et molirentur insidias. |