3And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. —


In Context

1 And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?

3 And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. —

4 Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!

5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.

Nehemiah 4:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, "What they are building-if even a fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said : Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox should go up, he would even break down their stone wall.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Now 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And Tobiah the Ammonite is by him and saith, 'Also, that which they are building — if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.