6But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.


In Context

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.

6 But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

7 And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

8 and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

Nehemiah 4:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:6So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:6So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:6So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind to work.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half [the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:6So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.