Nehemiah 4:21

So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

In Context

20In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shall fight for vs.

22And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euery one with his seruant lodge within Ierusalem, that they may be a watch for vs in the night, and labour in the day.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

Galatians 6:9Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:17-23

The Precautions of Nehemiah. ( b. c. 445.) 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by… Read the whole commentary →

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