Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.
New American Standard Bible
So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from
King James Version
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Holman Bible
So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out.
International Standard Version
So we worked hard, half of us holding spears from dawn to dusk.
A Conservative Version
So we labored in the work, and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
American Standard Version
So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Amplified
So we carried on with the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars came out.
Bible in Basic English
So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.
Darby Translation
And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.
Julia Smith Translation
And we doing in the work: and half of them holding fast upon the spears from the ascending of the dawn even till the coming forth of the stars.
King James 2000
So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So we labored at the work, and half of them were holding the spears from dawn until the stars came out.
Modern King James verseion
And we labored in the work. And half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and we will be laboring in the work." And the half part of them held the spears from the morning spring, till the stars came forth.
NET Bible
So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk.
New Heart English Bible
So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
The Emphasized Bible
So, we, were working at the work, - one half of them, grasping the spears, from the uprisings of the dawn, until the coming out of the stars.
Webster
So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
World English Bible
So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 4:21
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Context Readings
Nehemiah Overcomes Opposition From Sanballat
20 in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.' 21 And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars. 22 Also, at that time I said to the people, 'Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day for the work:'
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:10
and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that is towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me;
1 Corinthians 15:58
so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
Galatians 6:9
and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;
Colossians 1:29
for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.