Nehemiah 4:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore I set men in the lowest parts behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people according to their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, 'The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from one another along the wall.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore set{H5975} I in the lowest{H8482} parts{H4725} of the space behind{H310} the wall,{H2346} in the open places,{H6706} I set{H5975} [there] the people{H5971} after their families{H4940} with their swords,{H2719} their spears,{H7420} and their bows.{H7198}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore set{H5975}{(H8686)} I in the lower{H8482} places{H4725} behind{H310} the wall{H2346}, and on the higher places{H6706}{(H8675)}{H6708}, I even set{H5975}{(H8686)} the people{H5971} after their families{H4940} with their swords{H2719}, their spears{H7420}, and their bows{H7198}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, & placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therefore set I the people after their kinredes, with their swordes, speares, and bowes, beneath in the lowe places behinde the wall vpon the toppes of the stones.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, [and] on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set `there' the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 4:17-18 : 17 Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked in the construction, and with the other held a weapon. 18 For every builder had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the trumpet was beside me.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.
  • Song 3:7-8 : 7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; sixty valiant men are around it, of the valiant of Israel. 8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man has his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore, be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature.
  • Eph 6:11-20 : 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your waist girded with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints; 19 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 For which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.
  • Gen 32:13-20 : 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of what came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the first, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where are you going? and whose are these ahead of you? 18 Then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and behold, he is also behind us. 19 And so he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall you speak to Esau, when you find him. 20 And say moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.
  • 2 Chr 32:2-8 : 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem, 3 He consulted with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains outside the city, and they helped him. 4 So many people gathered together and stopped all the fountains and the brook that ran through the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water? 5 He also strengthened himself, and rebuilt all the wall that was broken, and raised it to the towers, and built another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance. 6 And he appointed captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the open space at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, 7 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude with him, for there are more with us than with him: 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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