Nehemiah 4:11

In 11 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.”

KJV

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.

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.

LSV

And our adversaries say, “They do not know, nor see, until we come into their midst, and have slain them, and caused 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.'

DBY

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.

DRC

And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

GNV

Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of them and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.

JPS4:5

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.'

LXXE

And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

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Original-language editions

WLC4:5

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ צָרֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א יֵדְעוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִרְא֔וּ עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָב֥וֹא אֶל־תּוֹכָ֖ם וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ אֶת־הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃KJV:Neh.4.11

LXX-Br14:5

Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ θλίβοντες ἡμᾶς, οὐ γνώσονται καὶ οὐκ ὄψονται, ἕως ὅτου ἔλθωμεν εἰς μέσον αὐτῶν, καὶ φονεύσωμεν αὐτοὺς καὶ καταπαύσωμεν τὸ ἔργον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
• Acts 23:21Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
• Isaiah 47:11But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
• Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
• 2 Samuel 17:2I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
• Judges 20:29–48So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah. On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before. The Benjamites came out against them and were…

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