Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
So we prayed to our God and set up a guard against them day and night.
New American Standard Bible
But we prayed to our God, and because of them we
King James Version
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Holman Bible
So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard because of them day and night.
International Standard Version
But we prayed to our God. We also set up guards day and night because of them.
A Conservative Version
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
American Standard Version
But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Amplified
But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.
Bible in Basic English
But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.
Darby Translation
Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Julia Smith Translation
And we will pray to our God, and we shall set up a watch against them day and night, from before them.
King James 2000
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Modern King James verseion
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night over against them.
NET Bible
So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.
New Heart English Bible
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
The Emphasized Bible
howbeit we prayed unto our God, - and set a watch against them, day and night, because of them.
Webster
Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
World English Bible
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 4:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nehemiah Overcomes Opposition From Sanballat
8 So all of them plotted together to come fight against Jerusalem and to make trouble for it. 9 So we prayed to our God and set up a guard against them day and night. 10 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."
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:11
Then our enemies said, "They will not know nor see until we come upon them and will kill them and stop the work."
Genesis 32:9-12
Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your land and to your family, and I will deal well with you.'
Genesis 32:28
And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."
2 Kings 19:14-19
Hezekiah took the letters from the hand of the messengers and read them. [Then] he went up to the temple of Yahweh, and Hezekiah spread them out before the presence of Yahweh.
Psalm 50:15
And call me in [the] day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."
Psalm 55:16-22
As for me, I will call to God, and Yahweh will save me.
Matthew 26:41
Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"
Luke 6:11-12
But they were filled with fury, and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Luke 21:36
But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Acts 4:24-30
And [when they] heard [it], they lifted [their] voices with one mind to God and said, "Master, you [are] the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them,
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.