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Read›Nehemiah›Chapter 4

Discouragement Overcome

Nehemiah 4:12

In 11 translations

BSB
At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
KJV
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.From all…: or, That from all places ye must return to us
WEB
When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
ASV
And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto us.
LSV
And it comes to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places to where you return—[they are] against us.
YLT
And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return — [they are] against us.
DBY
And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,
DRC
And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,
GNV
But when the Iewes (which dwelt beside them) came, they told vs ten times, From all places whence ye shall returne, they wil be vpon vs.
JPS4:6
And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times: 'Ye must return unto us from all places.'
LXXE
And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter.

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Original-language editions

WLC4:6
וַֽיְהִי֙ כַּאֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣אוּ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים אֶצְלָ֑ם וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לָ֨נוּ֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים מִכָּל־הַמְּקֹמ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁר־תָּשׁ֥וּבוּ עָלֵֽינוּ׃KJV:Neh.4.12
LXX-Br14:6
Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤλθοσαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι οἱ οἰκοῦντες ἐχόμενα αὐτῶν, καὶ εἴποσαν ἡμῖν, ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐκ πάντων τῶν τόπων ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς.

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From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 19:3Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
  • Genesis 31:7And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
  • Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
  • Genesis 31:41Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 4:6 in some Bibles
  • 4:12 in most Bibles

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