Simple verse list for NEH 4:13

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Original NEH 4:7: Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) So I stationed guards behind the lowest places along the wall and where there were still gaps. I also made sure that the families stood guard with their swords, spears, and bows.

OET-LV (NEH 4:7) [fn] And_I _stationed from_the_lower _parts of_place from_behind of_wall in/on/at/with[fn] and_I _stationed DOM the_people to_clans with swords _of_their spears _of_their and_bows _of_their.

ULT And I stationed from the lowest of places behind the wall, in the bare places; and I stationed the people by families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

UST But I put guards behind the wall at the places where it was low or where there were gaps. I also had people from each family group stand guard with their swords, spears, and bows and arrows.

BSB & MSB So I stationed [men] behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

OEB Mapped passage is not available in this edition.

WEBBE & WMBB Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

MSG ^(13-14)So I stationed armed guards at the most vulnerable places of the wall and assigned people by families with their swords, lances, and bows. After looking things over I stood up and spoke to the nobles, officials, and everyone else: “Don’t be afraid of them. Put your minds on the Master, great and awesome, and then fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”

NET So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

LSV And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, indeed, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

FBV So I positioned defenders behind the lowest, most vulnerable sections, of the wall. I had them take their positions by families, armed with their swords, spears, and bows.

T4T So I put guards at the places where the wall was not very high yet and at places where there were gaps in the wall. I put guards to protect each of their family groups. I gave the guards daggers, spears, and bows and arrows.

LEB I stationed the people behind the deepest part of the wall in the open places according to their families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

BBE So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Moff The foe placed themselves in the low ground behind the wall, at the breaches; but I posted the people by companies, armed with sword and spear and bow.

JPS (NEH 4:7) (4-1) But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;

ASV Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

DRA I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.

YLT And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Drby I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.

RV Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, In the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

SLT And I shall set from underneath to the place from behind to the wall upon the dry places, and I shall set the people to the families with their swords, their spears and their bows.

Wbstr Therefore I set in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

KJB-1769 ¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.[fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ Therefore set I [fn]in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I euen set the people, after their families, with their swords, their speares, and their bowes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Therefore set I the people after their kinredes, with their swordes, speares, and bowes, beneath in the lowe places behinde the wall vpon the toppes of the stones.
(Therefore set I the people after their kindreds, with their swords, spears, and bows, beneath in the low places behind the wall upon the tops of the stones.)

Gnva Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, and placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.
(Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall upon the tops of the stones, and placed the people by their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.)

Cvdl then set I the people after their kynreds with their swerdes, speares & bowes beneth in the lowe places behynde the wall,
(then set I the people after their kindreds with their swords, spears and bows beneath in the low places behind the wall,)

Wycl Y ordeynede the puple in ordre, with her swerdis, and speris, and bouwis, in a place bihynde the wal bi cumpas.
(I ordained the people in order, with her swords, and spears, and bowls, in a place behind the wall by compass/all_around.)

Luth (NEH 4:7) da stellete ich unten an die Örter hinter der Mauer in die Graben das Volk nach ihren Geschlechtern mit ihren Schwertern, Spießen und Bogen.
(there posed/set I below at/to the places behind the/of_the wall in the trench/ditch(n) the people after your(pl) descendants with your(pl) swords, spears and bow.)

ClVg statui in loco post murum per circuitum populum in ordinem cum gladiis suis, et lanceis, et arcubus.[fn]
(I_decided in/into/on instead after wall through surroundings the_people in/into/on order when/with with_swords to_his_own, and spears, and bow(n)bus.)

UHB 7 וָֽ⁠אַעֲמִ֞יד מִֽ⁠תַּחְתִּיּ֧וֹת לַ⁠מָּק֛וֹם מֵ⁠אַחֲרֵ֥י לַ⁠חוֹמָ֖ה בַּצְּחִיחִ֑ים [fn] וָֽ⁠אַעֲמִ֤יד אֶת־הָ⁠עָם֙ לְ⁠מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת עִם־חַרְבֹתֵי⁠הֶ֛ם רָמְחֵי⁠הֶ֖ם וְ⁠קַשְּׁתֹתֵי⁠הֶֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX (EZR 14:7) Καὶ ἔστησα εἰς τὰ κατώτατα τοῦ τόπου κατόπισθεν τοῦ τείχους ἐν τοῖς σκεπεινοῖς, καὶ ἔστησα τὸν λαὸν κατὰ δήμους μετὰ ῥομφαιῶν αὐτῶν, λόγχας αὐτῶν, καὶ τόξα αὐτῶν.

BrTr (NEH 4:7) 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, and that the breaches began to be stopped, that it appeared very grievous to them.