NEH 4:15 Parallel Verse View

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Original NEH 4:9: Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

4:9 Note: KJB: Neh.4.15

4:9 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

4:9 OSHB variant note: ו/נשוב: (x-qere) ’וַ/נָּ֤שָׁב’: lemma=c/7725 morph=HC/Vqw1cp id=16V8j וַ/נָּ֤שָׁב

UHB 9 וַ⁠יְהִ֞י כַּֽ⁠אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְע֤וּ אוֹיְבֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙ כִּי־נ֣וֹדַֽע לָ֔⁠נוּ וַ⁠יָּ֥פֶר הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־עֲצָתָ֑⁠ם וַנָּ֤שָׁב [fn] כֻּלָּ֨⁠נוּ֙ אֶל־הַ֣⁠חוֹמָ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־מְלַאכְתּֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡
(9 va⁠yəhiy ka⁠ʼₐsher-shāməˊū ʼōyəⱱēy⁠nū kī-nōdaˊ lā⁠nū va⁠yyāfer hā⁠ʼₑlohim ʼet-ˊₐʦātā⁠m vannāshāⱱ kullā⁠nū ʼel-ha⁠ḩōmāh ʼiysh ʼel-məlaʼkətt⁠ō.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (EZR 14:9) Καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἤκουσαν οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν ὅτι ἐγνώσθη ἡμῖν, καὶ διεσκέδασεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐπεστρέψαμεν πάντες ἡμεῖς εἰς τὸ τεῖχος, ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ.
(Kai egeneto haʸnika aʸkousan hoi eⱪthroi haʸmōn hoti egnōsthaʸ haʸmin, kai dieskedasen ho Theos taʸn boulaʸn autōn; kai epestrepsamen pantes haʸmeis eis to teiⱪos, anaʸr eis to ergon autou.)

BrTr (NEH 4:9) So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.

ULT And it happened that, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had frustrated their counsels, all of us returned to the wall, a man to his work.

UST When our enemies learned that we had found out about their plan, they realized that God had kept them from launching a surprise attack. They decided not to attack us. So we all went back to working on the wall. Each person continued doing the same work as before.

BSB & MSB When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.

OEB No OEB NEH 4:15 book available

WEBBE & WMBB When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

NET It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

LSV And it comes to pass, when our enemies have heard that it has been known to us, and God frustrates their counsel, and we return, all of us, to the wall, each to his work;

FBV When our enemies discovered that we knew about their plan, and that God had foiled it, we all went back to our work on the wall.

T4T Our enemies heard that we knew what they were planning to do and that God had ◄spoiled their plans/prevented them from doing what they planned►. But we were sure that God would defend us, so we all started to work on the wall again.

LEB It happened when our enemies heard that their plan was known to us, that God had frustrated it, and we all returned to the wall—each to his work.

BBE And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

Moff Our foes heard that we knew of their plan, and God defeated their purpose; so we all went back to the wall, every man to his work.

JPS (NEH 4:9) (4-3) But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

ASV And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

DRA And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.

YLT And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;

Drby And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that [fn]God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.

4.15 Elohim

RV And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
(And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their council/counsel to naught/nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.)

SLT And it will be that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God will disperse their counsel, and we shall turn back all of us to the wall, each to his work.

Wbstr And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to naught, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.

KJB-1769 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
(And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their council/counsel to naught/nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.)

KJB-1611 And it came to passe when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, and God had brought their counsell to nought, that we returned all of vs to the wall, euery one vnto his worke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Neuerthelesse, when our enemies heard that we had gotten worde of it, God brought their counsell to naught: and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his labour.
(Nevertheless, when our enemies heard that we had gotten word of it, God brought their council/counsel to naught/nothing: and we turned all again to the wall, every one unto his labour.)

Gnva And when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, then God brought their counsell to nought, and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his worke.
(And when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, then God brought their council/counsel to naught/nothing, and we turned all again to the wall, every one unto his work.)

Cvdl Neuertheles whan or enemies herde yt we had gotten worde of it, God broughte their councell to naughte, and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his labor.
(Nevertheless when or enemies herd/heard it we had gotten word of it, God brought their council/counsel to naught/nothing, and we turned all again to the wall, every one unto his labour.)

Wycl Forsothe it was doon, whanne oure enemyes hadden herd that it was teld to vs, God distriede her counsel; and alle we turneden ayen to the wallis, ech man to his werk.
(For_certain/Truly it was done, when our enemies had heard that it was told to us, God destroyed her counsel; and all we turned again to the walls, each man to his work.)

Luth (NEH 4:9) 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 Factum est autem, cum audissent inimici nostri nuntiatum esse nobis, dissipavit Deus consilium eorum. Et reversi sumus omnes ad muros, unusquisque ad opus suum.
(Done it_is however, when/with they_would_hear enemies our announced to_be us, dissipated God advice their. And returned we_are everyone to the_walls, each_one/everybody to work/need his_own.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יְהִ֞י כַּֽ⁠אֲשֶׁר

and=he/it_was (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when heard enemies_of,our that/for/because/then/when known to/for=us and,he_had_frustrated the=ʼElohīm DOM purpose_of,their and, of_us_of,all to/towards the,wall (a)_man to/towards their=property/content )

Nehemiah uses this phrase to introduce the next event in his story. You do not need to represent it in your translation unless your language has a similar expression that it characteristically uses.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נ֣וֹדַֽע לָ֔⁠נוּ

known to/for=us

If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form, and you could say who did the action. Alternate translation: [we found out about their plans]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נ֣וֹדַֽע לָ֔⁠נוּ

known to/for=us

It means the plan of these enemies to launch a surprise attack, as described in [4:11](../04/11.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [we found out about their plans to launch a surprise attack]

וַ⁠יָּ֥פֶר הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־עֲצָתָ֑⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when heard enemies_of,our that/for/because/then/when known to/for=us and,he_had_frustrated the=ʼElohīm DOM purpose_of,their and, of_us_of,all to/towards the,wall (a)_man to/towards their=property/content )

Alternate translation: [and God had kept them from doing what they planned.]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַנָּ֤שָׁב כֻּלָּ֨⁠נוּ֙ אֶל־הַ֣⁠חוֹמָ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־מְלַאכְתּֽ⁠וֹ

Here, the wall means the work on the wall. Nehemiah is describing this work by referring to something associated with it, the wall that was the object of the work. Alternate translation: [we all went back to working on the wall]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַנָּ֤שָׁב כֻּלָּ֨⁠נוּ֙ אֶל־הַ֣⁠חוֹמָ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־מְלַאכְתּֽ⁠וֹ

The implication is that when the enemies realized the Jews knew about their plans, they decided not to attack. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [They decided not to attack us, and we all went back to working on the wall]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־מְלַאכְתּֽ⁠וֹ

(a)_man to/towards their=property/content

In this context, a man means “each person.” It does not refer only to an adult male. Alternate translation: [Each person continued doing the same work as before]

Parallel NEH 4:15