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Nehemiah 4:17

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4:17who were rebuilding the wall.26 Those who were carrying loads did so27 by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

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Footnotes

  1. 26 The first words of v. 17, “who were rebuilding the wall,” should be taken with the latter part of v. 16.
  2. 27 Heb “were carrying loads.” The reads ἐν ὅπλοις (en hoplois, “with weapons”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried the loads worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

NLTNew Living Translation

who were building the wall. The laborers carried on their work with one hand supporting their load and one hand holding a weapon.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The ones who were building the wall and the ones who carried the materials were carrying in one hand while doing the task, and with the other hand were grasping a weapon.

KJV 1900King James Version

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.