Verse List for NEH 4:9

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OET (OET-RV) So we prayed to our god, as well as setting up a 24-hour guard to watch out for them.

OET-LV [fn] and_he/it _was when_when they _heard enemies _of_our if/because _that it _was _known[fn] to/for_us and_he _had _frustrated the_ʼElohīm DOM purpose _of_their and_we _returned[fn] of _us _of_all to the_wall each to their_property/content.

ULT And we prayed to our God. And we set up a guard on account of them, by day and by night against their faces.

UST But we prayed to our God to protect us, and we stationed lookouts on the walls at all times to watch out for them.

BSB & MSB So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

OEB No OEB NEH book available

LSB But we prayed to our God, and because of them we stood a guard against them day and night.

WEBBE & WMBB But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.

MSG ^(7-9)When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairs of the walls of Jerusalem were going so well—that the breaks in the wall were being fixed—they were absolutely furious. They put their heads together and decided to fight against Jerusalem and create as much trouble as they could. We countered with prayer to our God and set a round-the-clock guard against them.

NET So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.

LSV And we pray to our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

FBV So we prayed to our God, and we had guards ready to defend against them day and night.

T4T But we prayed to our God to protect us, and we put men around the walls to guard the city day and night.

LEB So we prayed to our God and set up a guard against them day and night.

NAB We prayed to our God and posted a watch against them day and night for fear of what they might do.

BBE But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

Moff But we offered prayer to our God and posted guards to watch them day and night.

JPS (4-3) But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

ASV But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

DRA And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

YLT And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

Drby Then we prayed to our [fn]God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

RV But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

SLT And we will pray to our God, and we shall set up a watch against them day and night, from before them.

Wbstr Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

KJB-1769 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

KJB-1611 Neuertheles, we made our prayer vnto our God, and set a watch against them, day and night, because of them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Neuerthelesse, we made our prayer vnto our God, and set watchmen by them day and night, because of them.
(Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set watchmen by them day and night, because of them.)

Gnva The we prayed vnto our God, and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.
(The we prayed unto our God, and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.)

Cvdl Neuertheles we made or praier vnto oure God, & set watchme vpo the wall daye & night ouer against them.
(Nevertheless we made or prayer unto our God, and set watchme upon the wall day and night over against them.)

Wycl And we preieden oure Lord God, and we settiden keperis on the wal bi dai and niyt ayens hem.
(And we prayed our Lord God, and we set/placed keepers/watchmen on the wall by day and night against hem.)

Luth Da aber unsere Feinde höreten, daß es uns war kund worden, machte GOtt ihren Rat zunichte. Und wir kehrten alle wieder zur Mauer; ein jeglicher zu seiner Arbeit.
(So but our enemies heard, that it us/to_us/ourselves what/which announce/bear_witness been, made/did God your(pl) advice to_nothing. And we/us returned all again to/for wall; a any/each to/for his work/job.)

ClVg Et oravimus Deum nostrum, et posuimus custodes super murum die ac nocte contra eos.[fn]
(And oravimus God our, and I_putmus keepers/guards over wall day and at_night on_the_contrary them.)

UHB 3 וַ⁠נִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל־אֱלֹהֵ֑י⁠נוּ וַ⁠נַּעֲמִ֨יד מִשְׁמָ֧ר עֲלֵי⁠הֶ֛ם יוֹמָ֥ם וָ⁠לַ֖יְלָה מִ⁠פְּנֵי⁠הֶֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX No BrLXX NEH book available

BrTr So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.