4Hear 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.


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.

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

Nehemiah 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Hear, 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!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4|Hear, our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: