NEH 4:9 Parallel Verse View

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Original NEH 4:3: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

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 14:3) Καὶ προσηυξάμεθα πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐστήσαμεν προφύλακας ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν.
(Kai prosaʸuxametha pros ton Theon haʸmōn, kai estaʸsamen profulakas epʼ autous haʸmeras kai nuktos apo prosōpou autōn.)

BrTr (NEH 4:3) And Tobias the Ammanite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones?

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 4:9 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 (NEH 4:3) (3-35) Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said: 'Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.'

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.

4.9 Elohim

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 watchmen 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 (NEH 4:3) Wir aber beteten zu unserm GOtt und stelleten Hut über sie Tag und Nacht gegen sie.
(We but prayed to/for ours God and posed/set Hut above they/she/them day and night to/against they/she/them.)

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

4.9 Et oravimus. Hoc est unicum contra hostes Ecclesiæ refugium, oratio scilicet ad Deum, et industria doctorum, qui die nocteque in lege ejus meditantes, corda fidelium contra insidias diaboli et militum ejus prædicando, consolando, et exhortando præmuniant.

4.9 And we_prayed. This it_is unique on_the_contrary enemies Assemblies/Churches refuge, speech namely to God, and industry/activity/diligence of_teachers, who/which day and_night in/into/on lawfully his/her meditating, hearts faithful on_the_contrary ambush devils and soldiers his/her preaching, to_be_comforted, and to_be_encouraged they_may_fortify.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠נַּעֲמִ֨יד מִשְׁמָ֧ר עֲלֵי⁠הֶ֛ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,we_prayed to/towards God_of,our and,we_stationed guard on,them day and,night because,of,them )

Alternate translation: [and we put men around the wall to guard the city]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

יוֹמָ֥ם וָ⁠לַ֖יְלָה

day and,night

This does not mean that some people went up on the walls to look around at various parts of the day, and others went up at certain times of night. Nehemiah is describing how he maintained a constant guard by speaking of two times when people were on duty, the day and the night, in order to include all the time in between. Alternate translation: [at all times,] otherwise “throughout the day and night”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠פְּנֵי⁠הֶֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,we_prayed to/towards God_of,our and,we_stationed guard on,them day and,night because,of,them )

This term could mean two different things: (1) Here, probably Their faces means the front of a group. This likely means that the lookouts would see the front ranks of the army as they approached. Alternate translation: [to spot them as they approached]. (2) Here, “their faces” could also be a figurative way of referring to the enemies and their hostile intentions toward the people doing the work. Alternate translation: [against them]

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