Nehemiah 4:11

And our adversaries say, “They do not know, nor see, until we come into their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.”

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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 Judah says, “The power of the burden-bearers has become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.”

12And it comes to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places to where you return—[they are] against us.

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Cross References

Judges 20:29And Israel sets ones lying in wait against Gibeah, all around,

Psalms 56:6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, || When they have expected my soul.

Acts 23:12And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, cursed themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they may kill Paul;

1 Thessalonians 5:2for you have thoroughly known that the Day of the LORD so comes as a thief in the night,

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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