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


In Context

3 Tobiah 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!"

4 Hear 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.

5 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.

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

7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem's walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry.

8 They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half 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.