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Nehemiah 4 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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and return thou their reproach upon their head, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and do not cover <i>their</i> iniquity.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=blue>(OMITTED TEXT)</font><p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But it came to pass, when Sanaballat and Tobia, and the Arabians, and the Ammanites, heard that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was advancing, <i>and</i> that the breaches began to be stopped, that it appeared very grievous to them. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Discouragement Overcome<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Juda said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet <i>there is</i> much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So I set <i>men</i> in the lowest part of the place behind the wall in the lurking-places, I even set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the captains, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember our great and terrible God, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was made known to us, and God had frustrated their counsel, that we all returned to the wall, <i>every</i> man to his work. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And it came to pass from that day <i>that</i> half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and <i>there were</i> spears, and shields, and bows, and breast-plates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>even of them that were building the wall: - and those who carried the burdens <i>were</i> under arms: <i>each</i> with one hand wrought his work, and with the other held his dart. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the builders <i>wrought</i> each man having his sword girt upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work <i>is</i> great and abundant, and we are dispersed upon the wall, each at a great distance from his brother. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In whatsoever place ye shall hear the sound of the cornet, thither gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So we <i>continued</i> labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And at that time I said to the people, Lodge ye every man with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and let the night be a watch-time to you, and the day a work-time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And I was <i>there</i>, and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../nehemiah/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../nehemiah/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>