Nehemiah 4:6

So we built the wall and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a desire to work.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

In Context

5Do not cover over their iniquity and do not erase their sin from before you, for they have provoked the builders to anger.

7But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the work of repairing the walls of Jerusalem was going forward, and that the broken places in the wall were being closed up, a great anger burned within them.

Read all of Nehemiah 4

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:3Now, because of my delight in the house of my God, I am giving my personal treasure of gold and silver for it. I am doing this in addition to all that I have prepared for this holy temple:

1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that you examine the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things, and now I look with joy as your people who are present here willingly offer gifts to you.

Nehemiah 6:15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, after fifty-two days.

2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks be to God, who put into Titus' heart the same earnest care that I have for you.

Hebrews 13:21equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:2-7

The Opposition of Sanballat, &c.. ( b. c. 445.) 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Nehemiah 4:6