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


In Context

6 So 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.

7 But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;

8 and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

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

10 Judah said, |The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.|

11 Our adversaries said, |They shall not know, neither see, until we come into 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

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 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.