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;


In Context

1 And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews,

2 and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, 'What are the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? — and they burnt!'

3 And 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.'

4 Hear, 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;

5 and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger — over-against those building.

6 And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have a heart 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 Webster Bible Translation 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 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 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: