Nehemiah 6:9

For, they all, were seeking to put us in fear, saying, Their hands will slacken from the work, and it will not be accomplished. Now, therefore, strengthen thou my hands!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

In Context

8Then sent I unto him, saying, Nothing hath been done, according to these words, which thou art saying,—but, out of thine own heart, art thou feigning them.

10When, I, came into the house of Shemaiah, son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, he, being shut in, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to slay thee, yea, by night, are they coming to slay thee.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 30:6And David was in sore distress, for the people had spoken of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were embittered, every man for his own sons and for his own daughters,—but David emboldened himself in Yahweh his God.

2 Chronicles 32:18Then cried they out, with a loud voice, in the Jews’ language, unto the people of Jerusalem who were upon the wall, to affright them, and to terrify them,—to the end they might capture the city.

Ezra 4:4Then came it to pass, that, the people of the land, were weakening the hands of the people of Judah,—and troubling them in building;

Nehemiah 6:14Have remembrance, O my God, of Tobiah and of Sanballat, according to these their doings,—moreover also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets, who would have put me in fear.

Psalms 68:35As for the GOD of Israel, he, is giving strength and abundant might to the people. Blessed be God!

Psalms 138:3In the day I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:2-10

The Plot of Sanballat, &c. ( b. c. 445.) 1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,… Read the whole commentary →

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