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Nehemiah 4:8–9

And lconspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

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Nehemiah 4:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. 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)

And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. 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)

They all made plans to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw us into confusion. 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)

and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. 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)

So they all made plans to come to Jerusalem and fight and stir up trouble. But we prayed to our God and appointed guards to watch for them day and night.

Nehemiah 4:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein. 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)

and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 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)

All of them plotted to attack Jerusalem to create confusion. 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)

They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw it into confusion. 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)

and all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. 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)

So all of them plotted together to come fight against Jerusalem and to make trouble for it. 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)

All of them made evil plans to come and fight against Jerusalem. They wanted to stir up trouble against it.

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)

All of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.

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


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