Nehemiah 4:9
So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
8And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly.
Cross References
Genesis 32:9And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and smite it, the other camp shall be in safety.
2 Kings 19:14And Ezekias took + 19:14 Gr. the books.the letter from the hand of the messengers, and + 19:14 Gr. them.read it: and he went up to the house of the Lord, and Ezekias spread it before the Lord,
Job 5:12frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
Psalms 50:15Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee.
Proverbs 22:12But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises wise words.
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 →