Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Thus in Judah it was said,
“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,
Yet there is much rubbish;
And we ourselves are unable
To rebuild the wall.”

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

In Judah, it was said:

The strength of the laborer fails,
since there is so much rubble.
We will never be able
to rebuild the wall.

International Standard Version

Meanwhile, the people of Judah said, "The builders are tired and there's so much rubble that we can't reconstruct the wall!"

A Conservative Version

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens has become feeble, and there is much rubbish, so that we are not able to build the wall.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

Then [the leaders of] Judah said,

“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,
And there is much rubble;
We ourselves are unable
To rebuild the wall.”

Bible in Basic English

And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.

Darby Translation

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.

Julia Smith Translation

And Judah will say, The strength of the bearer was weak, and the dust much; and we shall not be able to build upon the wall.

King James 2000

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is failing, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But Judah said, "The strength of the carriers is failing, and there is too much dirt, and we are not able to build at the wall."

Modern King James verseion

And Judah said, The strength of the carriers of burdens is weakening, and there is much rubbish, so that we are not able to build the wall.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Judah said, "The strength of the bearers is too feeble, and there is too much dust, we are not able to build on the wall."

NET Bible

Then those in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall."

New Heart English Bible

Judah said, "The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall."

The Emphasized Bible

Then said Judah, The strength of the burden-bearer faileth, and, the rubbish, aboundeth, - and, we, are not able to build at the wall;

Webster

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.

World English Bible

Judah said, "The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall."

Youngs Literal Translation

And Judah saith, 'The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish is abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יהוּדה 
Y@huwdah 
Usage: 648

כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

of the bearers of burdens
סבּל 
Cabbal 
Usage: 5

is decayed
כּשׁל 
Kashal 
Usage: 62

and there is much
רבה 
Rabah 
Usage: 224

עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

so that we are not able
יכול יכל 
Yakol 
Usage: 194

to build
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Nehemiah Overcomes Opposition From Sanballat

9 We prayed to God and stationed men on watch against them day and night. 10 Thus in Judah it was said,
“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,
Yet there is much rubbish;
And we ourselves are unable
To rebuild the wall.”
11 And our adversaries kept saying: They will not know and they will not see until we come right in among them and put them to death. We will cause the work to cease.

Cross References

Numbers 13:31

The men who had gone with him said: We cannot attack those people! They are too strong for us!

Numbers 32:9

They went as far as the Eshcol Valley. They saw the land. But then they discouraged the rest of the Israelites from entering the land Jehovah had given them.

2 Chronicles 2:18

He directed seventy thousand of them carry heavy loads, eighty thousand of them quarry stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred of them supervise the work as foremen.

Psalm 11:1-2

([Psalm of David]) I have taken refuge in Jehovah. How can you say to me: Flee to your mountain like a bird?

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it.

Haggai 1:2

Jehovah (YHWH) of Hosts said to Haggai: These people say that this is not the right time to rebuild the Temple.

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