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Nehemiah 4:21 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 4 · verse 21
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.Nehemiah 4:21 · King James Version
Nehemiah 4:21 in context
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.
20In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- labouredʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- morningshachardawnH7837 →
- spearsrômacha lanceH7420 →
- risingʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- starskôwkâba starH3556 →
- workmᵉlâʼkâhproperly, deputyshipH4399 →
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When the builders had so far reason to think the design of the enemies broken as to return to their work, yet they were not so secure as to lay down their arms, knowing how restless and unwearied they were in their attempts, and that, if one design failed, they would be hatching another.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-23