22Likewise at the same time said I to the people, |Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.|


In Context

19 I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, |The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.

20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.|

21 So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

22 Likewise at the same time said I to the people, |Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.|

23 So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.

Nehemiah 4:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:22At that time I also said to the people, "Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and workmen by day."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:22At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and be for labour in the day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor in the day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22Also, at that time I said to the people, 'Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day for the work:'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:22Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor on the day.