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The Work Ridiculed

Nehemiah 4:6

In 10 translations

BSB
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
KJV
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
WEB
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
ASV
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
LSV
And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined—to its half, and the people have a heart to work.
YLT
And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.
DBY
But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
DRC
So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.
GNV
So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.
JPS3:38
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

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Original-language editions

WLC3:38
וַנִּבְנֶה֙ אֶת־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר כָּל־הַחוֹמָ֖ה עַד־חֶצְיָ֑הּ וַיְהִ֧י לֵ֦ב לָעָ֖ם לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃KJV:Neh.4.6

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
  • Nehemiah 6:15So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
  • Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
  • 1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:17–18I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly…
  • Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:16–17But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you. For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:36Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 3:38 in some Bibles
  • 4:6 in most Bibles

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