Nehemiah 4:8–9
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. 9 But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)
8 And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. 9 And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)
8 They all made plans to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw us into confusion. 9 But we prayed to our God and guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)
8 So they all made plans to come to Jerusalem and fight and stir up trouble. 9 But we prayed to our God and appointed guards to watch for them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein. 9 But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 9 Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 All of them plotted to attack Jerusalem to create confusion. 9 But we prayed to our God and set guards to protect us day and night.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw it into confusion. 9 So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard because of them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 and all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. 9 So we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 So all of them plotted together to come fight against Jerusalem and to make trouble for it. 9 So we prayed to our God and set up a guard against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
8 All of them made evil plans to come and fight against Jerusalem. They wanted to stir up trouble against it.
9 But we prayed to our God. We put guards on duty day and night to watch out for danger.
Nehemiah 4:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
8 All of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.
9 But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.