3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, |What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.|


In Context

1 But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

2 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, |What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?|

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, |What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.|

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;

5 don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.|

Nehemiah 4:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Tobiah 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!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said : Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. —

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Now 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And Tobiah the Ammonite is by him and saith, 'Also, that which they are building — if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.