Nehemiah 4:11

And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”

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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

10Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

12At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”

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Cross References

Judges 20:29So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

Acts 23:12When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like 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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