Parallel Verses
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.'
New American Standard Bible
Thus
“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,
Yet there is much
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:
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,
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."
Themes
Discouragement » The difficulty of the task
Hindrances » To spiritual progress » Discouraged men opposed the building of the wall of jerusalem
modern Samaria » Inhabitants of » Opposed the jews after their return from captivity
Interlinear
Koach
Kashal
Rabah
Yakol
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 4:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nehemiah Overcomes Opposition From Sanballat
9 And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them. 10 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.' 11 And our adversaries say, 'They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'
Names
Cross References
Numbers 13:31
And the men who have gone up with him said, 'We are not able to go up against the people, for it is stronger than we;'
Numbers 32:9
and they go up unto the valley of Eshcol, and see the land, and discourage the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go in unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them;
2 Chronicles 2:18
and he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause the people to work.
Psalm 11:1-2
To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?
Ezekiel 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Hath caused his force to serve a great service against Tyre, Every head is bald -- every shoulder peeled, And reward he had none, nor his force, out of Tyre, For the service that he served against it.
Haggai 1:2
Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! -- they have said, 'The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah is to be built.'