Nehemiah 4:9
But we prayed to our God to protect us, and we put men around the walls to guard the city day and night.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
8They all planned to come and fight against the people of Jerusalem [MTY] and to cause trouble.
Cross References
Genesis 32:9Then Jacob prayed, “O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will ◄cause good things happen to/do good things for► you.’
2 Kings 19:14Hezekiah took the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Job 5:12He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
Psalms 50:15And pray to me when you have troubles. If you do that, I will rescue you, and then you will praise me.
Proverbs 22:12Yahweh [SYN] ◄watches over/takes care of► those who have good understanding/sense, but he ruins the plans/affairs of those who always try to deceive others.
Luke 6:11But the men who taught the Jewish laws and the Pharisees were very angry, and they discussed with one another what they could do to get rid of Jesus.
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 →