Nehemiah 6:16

6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw21 this, they were greatly disheartened.22 They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

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21	tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).
22	tn Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the MT, וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipélu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).