Nehemiah 4:11

And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

In Context

10And Juda said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet there is much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall.

12And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter.

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Cross References

Judges 20:29And the children of Israel set an ambush against Gabaa round about it.

Psalms 56:6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:8-16

7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is… Read the whole commentary →

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