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


In Context

1 And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.

2 And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?

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

4 Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.

5 Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And 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. —

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.