Nehemiah 4:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Our enemies said, 'They won’t know or see a thing until we come among them, kill them, and stop the work.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and cover{H3680} not their iniquity,{H5771} and let not their sin{H2403} be blotted out{H4229} from before{H6440} thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger{H3707} before the builders.{H1129}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And cover{H3680}{(H8762)} not their iniquity{H5771}, and let not their sin{H2403} be blotted out{H4229}{(H8735)} from before{H6440} thee: for they have provoked thee to anger{H3707}{(H8689)} before the builders{H1129}{(H8802)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Couer not their wickednesse, & put not out their sinne fro yi presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Couer not their wickednesse, and let not their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked `thee' to anger before the builders.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 109:14 : 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be wiped out.
  • Jer 18:23 : 23 Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger.
  • Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
  • Ps 51:1 : 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
  • Ps 69:27-28 : 27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into your righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
  • Ps 51:9 : 9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
  • Ps 59:5-9 : 5 Therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen; be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 6 They return at evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go around the city. 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears? 8 But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of His strength I will wait upon you, for God is my defense. 10 The God of my mercy shall come to meet me; God shall let me see my desire upon my enemies. 11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget; scatter them by your power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield. 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may be no more; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.
  • Isa 36:11-12 : 11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, Speak, please, to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall. 12 But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, like a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.
  • 2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works.

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