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:


In Context

1 But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

3 Now 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.

4 Hear, 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:

5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Hear 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.

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 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: