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Nehemiah 4:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon. "

Nehemiah 4:17

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15 When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

16 From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

17 Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.

18 Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.

19 I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.

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"All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with animals, and with precious things, in addition to all that was willingly offered."

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Ecclesiastes 9:10

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"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going."

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Nehemiah 4:1

"But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews."

Nehemiah 4:2

"He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”"

Nehemiah 4:3

"Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”"

Nehemiah 4:4

"“Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity."

Nehemiah 4:5

"Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”"

Nehemiah 4:6

"So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work."

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