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Nehemiah 4:8

In 11 translations

BSB
and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.
KJV
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.to hinder…: Heb. to make an error to it
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.
LSV
and they conspire, all of them together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
YLT
and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
DBY
and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
DRC
And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.
GNV
And conspired all together to come and to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them.
JPS4:2
and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
LXXE
And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly.

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WLC4:2
וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו לָב֖וֹא לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ תּוֹעָֽה׃KJV:Neh.4.8
LXX-Br14:2
Καὶ συνήχθησαν πάντες ἐπιτοαυτὸ, ἐλθεῖν παρατάξασθαι ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ποιῆσαι αὐτὴν ἀφανῆ.

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  • Psalms 83:3–11With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” For with one mind they plot together,…
  • Psalms 2:1–3Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away…
  • Acts 23:12–13When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. More than forty of them were involved in this plot.
  • Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our…
  • Isaiah 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal,…

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  • 4:2 in some Bibles
  • 4:8 in most Bibles

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