Nehemiah 4:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And from that time forth it came to passe, yt the halfe parte of the yonge men dyd the laboure, & the other halfe parte helde the speares, shyldes, bowes, and brestplates, and the rulers stode behynde all the house of Iuda,

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  • Neh 4:23 : 23 As for me and my brethren, & my seruauntes, and ye men of the watch behynde me, we put neuer of oure clothes, so so moch as to washe oure selues.
  • Neh 5:15-16 : 15 For the olde Debytes that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had take of the bred and wyne, and fortye Sycles of syluer: Yee and their seruauntes had oppressed the people. But so dyd not I, and that because of the feare of God. 16 I laboured also in the worke vpon the wall, and boughte no lode. And all my seruautes came thither together vnto ye worke.
  • Ps 101:6 : 6 Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe, yt they maye dwell with me: and who so ledeth a godly life, shalbe my seruaunt.

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  • Neh 4:17-22
    6 verses
    83%

    17which buylded on the wall, & bare burthes, from those that laded the. With one hande dyd they ye worke, and with the other helde they the weapen.

    18And euery one yt buylded, had his swerde girde by his side, & so builded they. And the trompetters stode beside me.

    19And I sayde vnto the pryncipall men, & rulers, and to ye other people: The worke is greate & large, & we are separated vpon the wall one farre from another.

    20Loke in what place now ye heare the noise of ye trompe, resorte ye thither vnto vs. Oure God shal fight for vs,

    21& we wil be labourige in ye worke. And the halfe parte of the helde ye speares fro ye morninge springe, till ye starres came forth.

    22And at ye same tyme sayde I vnto ye people: Euery one abyde with his seruaunt at Ierusalem, yt in the night season we maye geue attendaunce to ye watch, and to laboure on the daye tyme.

  • Neh 4:6-15
    10 verses
    80%

    6Yet buylded we the wall, & ioyned it whole together, vnto ye halfe heigth. And the people were well mynded to labor.

    7But whan Saneballat, & Tobias, and ye Arabias, & Ammonites, & A?dodites herde, yt the walles of Ierusalem were made vp, and that they had begonne to stoppe vp ye gappes, they were very wroth,

    8and cospyred all together, to come and fight against Ierusalem, & to make an hinderaunce therin.

    9Neuertheles we made or praier vnto oure God, & set watchme vpo the wall daye & night ouer against them.

    10And Iuda saide: The stregth of the bearers is to feble, & there is to moch dust, we are not able to builde on the wall.

    11And or aduersaries thought: They shall not knowe nether se, tyll we come in the myddes amonge the, and slaye them, & hynder ye worke.

    12But whan the Iewes that dwelt besyde them, came out of all the places where they dwelt aboute vs, and tolde vs as good as te tymes,

    13then set I the people after their kynreds with their swerdes, speares & bowes beneth in the lowe places behynde the wall,

    14& loked, and gat me vp, and sayde vnto the chefe men and rulers, & to the other people: Be not ye afrayed of them, thynke vpon ye greate LORDE which ought to be feared, & fighte for yor brethren, sonnes, daughters, wyues, & houses.

    15Neuertheles whan or enemies herde yt we had gotten worde of it, God broughte their councell to naughte, and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his labor.

  • Neh 12:40
    75%

    40and so stode the two queres of thankesgeuynge of the house of God, and I and the halfe of the rulers with me,

  • Neh 5:16
    75%

    16I laboured also in the worke vpon the wall, and boughte no lode. And all my seruautes came thither together vnto ye worke.

  • Neh 6:16
    74%

    16And whan all or enemies herde therof, all the Heithen yt were aboute vs, were afraied, and their corage failed the: for they perceaued, that this worke came of God.

  • Neh 12:32
    73%

    32and after them wete Hosaia, and halfe of the prynces of Iuda,

  • Neh 2:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16And ye rulers knewe not whither I wete, or what I dyd: for hither to had I not tolde the Iewes & the prestes, the councelers & the rulers, & the other yt laboured in the worke,

    17& I saide vnto the: Ye se the myserye yt we are in, how Ierusale lyeth wayst, & how ye gates therof are brent wt fyre, come, let vs buylde vp ye walles of Ierusale, yt we be nomore a rebuke.

    18And I tolde the of the good hade of my God which was vpo me: And ye kynges wordes yt he had spoke vnto me. And they saide: Then let vs get vp. And we buylded, and their handes were strengthed to good.

  • Ezra 4:4
    73%

    4Then the folke of the londe hyndered the people of Iuda, and made them afrayed to buylde,

  • Neh 12:38
    73%

    38The other quere of thankesgeuynge wente ouer against them, and I after them, and the halfe parte of the people vpon ye wall, towarde ye Fornacegate vpwarde, vntyll ye brode wall,

  • Ezra 3:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8In the seconde yeare of their commynge vnto the house of God at Ierusalem in the seconde moneth, beganne Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel, and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec, and the remnaunt of their brethren the prestes and Leuites, and all they that were come out of the captiuyte vnto Ierusalem, and appoynted the Leuites fro twentye yeare olde and aboue, to se that the worke of the house of the LORDE wete forwarde.

    9And Iesua stode with his sonnes and brethren, and Cadmiel with his sonnes, and the children of Iuda, to furthur the workmen of the house of God, namely the childre of Henadad with their children and their brethren the Leuites.

  • 2 Chr 11:12
    72%

    12and in all cities prepared he shildes and speares, and made them very stronge. And Iuda and BenIamin were vnder him.

  • Ezra 4:1
    72%

    1But whan the aduersaries of Iuda and Ben Iamin herde, that the children of the captiuyte buylded the teple vnto the LORDE God of Israel,

  • Ezra 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Then gat vp the pryncipall fathers of Iuda and Ben Iamin, and the prestes and Leuites, and all they whose sprete God had raysed to go vp, and to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusale.

    6And all they that were aboute them, strengthed their hande with vessels of syluer and golde, with good and catell, and Iewels, besydes that which they gane of their awne frewill.

  • 2 Chr 34:12
    71%

    12And the men laboured faithfully in the worke. And ouer them were ordeyned, Iahath and Obadia the Leuites of the children of Merari: Zachary and Mesullam of the children of the Kahathites, to further the worke, and they were all Leuites that coulde playe vpon instrumentes.

  • 2 Kgs 11:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6and one thyrde parte shalbe at the porte of Sur, and one thirde parte shal be at ye porte which is behynde the fote men, and ye shal kepe the watch at the house of Massa.

    7But two partes of you all that go of on the Sabbath, shal kepe the watch in the house of the LORDE aboute the kinge

  • Neh 6:9
    71%

    9For they were all mynded to make us afrayed, and thoughte: They shal withdrawe their handes from the worke, yt they shal not laboure. Howbeit I stregthed my hande the more.

  • Ezra 4:23
    70%

    23Now wha kynge Artaxerses letter was red before Rehum the chaunceler and Simsai the Scrybe and their councell, they wente vp in all the haist to Ierusalem vnto the Iewes, and forbad them with the arme and auctorite.

  • Neh 7:3
    70%

    3and I sayde vnto them: Let not the gates of Ierusale be opened vntyll the Sonne be whote. And whyle they are yet stondinge in the watch, the dores shall be shut and barred. And there were certayne citesyns of Ierusalem appoynted to be watchmen, euery one in his watch, and aboute his house.

  • Ezra 6:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Let them worke in ye house of God, that the Debyte of ye Iewes and their Elders maye buylde the house of God in his place.

    8I haue commaunded also, what shalbe done to ye Elders of Iuda for the buyldinge of the house of God, that there shal diligently be take of the kynges goodes, euen of the rentes beyonde the water, & geuen vnto the men, and that they be not hyndered.

  • Jer 46:4
    70%

    4Yee harnesse youre horses, & set youre selues vpon them: Ye set youre salettes fast on, ye bringe forth speares, ye scoure youre sweardes, & put on youre brest plates.

  • Neh 7:1
    70%

    1Now whan we had buylded the wall I hanged on the dores, and the porters, syngers and Leuites were appoynted.

  • Neh 3:17
    70%

    17After him buylded the Leuites, Rehum the sonne of Bani. Nexte vnto him buylded Hasabia ye ruler of the halfe quarter at Regila in his quarter.

  • 2 Chr 17:19
    70%

    19All these wayted vpon the kynge, besydes those that the kynge had layed in the stroge cities thorow out all Iuda.

  • 1 Chr 23:4
    70%

    4of whom there were foure & twentie thousande, which dyd their diligence in the worke ouer ye house of the LORDE, and sixe thousande officers and Iudges,

  • Neh 3:19
    69%

    19After him buylded Eser the sonne of Iesua ye ruler of Mispa, the other pece hard ouer against the Harnesse corner.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    69%

    13And the labourers wrought, so that ye repairinge in ye worke wente forwarde thorow their hande, and they set the house of God in his bewtye, and made it stronge.

  • Neh 12:34
    69%

    34Iuda, Ben Iamin, Semaia and Ieremy:

  • Hag 2:4
    69%

    4Neuerthelesse be of good chere, o Zorobabel (saieth the LORDE) be of good conforte, o Iesua thou sonne of Iosedec, hye prest: take good hartes vnto you also, all ye people of the londe, saieth the LORDE of hoostes,

  • Ezra 4:11
    69%

    11And this is ye summe of the letter that they sent vnto kynge Artaxerses: Thy seruauntes the men on this syde the water and in Canaan.

  • Neh 4:2
    69%

    2& saide before his brethre & the mightie men of Samaria: What do the impotet Iewes? shall they be thus suffred? shall they offre? shal they perfourme it in one daie? shal they make ye stones whole againe, yt are brought to dust, & brent?