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Nehemiah 4:18

Nehemiah chapter 4 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

Context

v.17They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

v.18This passage

v.19And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 10:9

    And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:12

    And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.