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Nehemiah 4:10 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 4 · verse 10
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.Nehemiah 4:10 · King James Version
Nehemiah 4:10 in context
8And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strengthkôachvigor, literally or figurativelyH3581 →
- burdensçabbâla porterH5449 →
- decayedkâshalto totter or waverH3782 →
- rubbishʻâphârdustH6083 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
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We have here, I. The conspiracy which the Jews' enemies formed against them, to stay the building by slaying the builders. The conspirators were not only Sanballat and Tobiah, but other neighbouring people whom they had drawn into the plot.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-15