Nehemiah 6:9
Nehemiah chapter 6 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.
Context
v.8Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
v.9This passage
v.10And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
- 1 Peter 5:10
And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
- Nehemiah 6:14
Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
- Ezra 4:1
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;
- Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
- 2 Chronicles 15:7
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.