Nehemiah 4:8
(4:2) And they conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to do it an injury.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
In Context
9(4:3) But we prayed unto our God, and set a watch over them day and night, because of the others.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:29And I said unto you, Have no dread, nor be ye afraid of them.
2 Chronicles 32:7Be strong and of good courage, do not fear and be not dismayed because of the king of Assyria, and because of all the multitude that is with him; for with us there is One greater than with him:
Psalms 2:1Wherefore do nations rage, and people meditate a vain thing?
Isaiah 8:9Associate yourselves, O ye people, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of the far portions of the earth: gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces.
Daniel 9:25Know therefore and comprehend, that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed the prince will be seven weeks: and during sixty and two weeks will it be again built with streets and ditches [around it], even in the pressure of the times.
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 →