9And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.


In Context

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.

7 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

8 And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.

9 And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

10 And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.

11 And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

Nehemiah 4:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:9But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:9But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:9But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.