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Nehemiah 4 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:1 - (LXX 3:33) Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - (LXX 3:34) And he said before his brethren (that is the army of the Samaritans) Is it true that these Jews are building their city? do they indeed offer sacrifices? will they prevail? and will they this day restore the stones, after they have been burnt and made a heap of rubbish?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - (LXX 3:35) And Tobias the Ammanite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:4 - (LXX 3:36) Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return thou their reproach upon their head, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - (LXX 3:37) and do not cover their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - (LXX 4:1) But it came to pass, when Sanaballat and Tobia, and the Arabians, and the Ammanites, heard that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was advancing, and that the breaches began to be stopped, that it appeared very grievous to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:8 - (LXX 4:2) And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:9 - (LXX 4:3) So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 - (LXX 4:4) And Juda said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet there is much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - (LXX 4:5) And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:12 - (LXX 4:6) And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - (LXX 4:7) So I set men in the lowest part of the place behind the wall in the lurking-places, I even set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - (LXX 4:8) And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the captains, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember our great and terrible God, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - (LXX 4:9) And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was made known to us, and God had frustrated their counsel, that we all returned to the wall, every man to his work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - (LXX 4:10) And it came to pass from that day that half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and there were spears, and shields, and bows, and breast-plates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - (LXX 4:11) even of them that were building the wall:—and those who carried the burdens were under arms: each with one hand wrought his work, and with the other held his dart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18 - (LXX 4:12) And the builders wrought each man having his sword girt upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - (LXX 4:13) And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and abundant, and we are dispersed upon the wall, each at a great distance from his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:20 - (LXX 4:14) In whatsoever place ye shall hear the sound of the cornet, thither gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - (LXX 4:15) So we continued labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - (LXX 4:16) And at that time I said to the people, Lodge ye every man with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and let the night be a watch-time to you, and the day a work-time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - (LXX 4:17) And I was there, and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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Nehemiah Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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