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Nehemiah 6:15–16

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The Rebuilding of the Wall Is Finally Completed

6:15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in just fifty-two days. 6:16When 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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Footnotes

  1. 21 The understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).
  2. 22 Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the , וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipélu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.

NLTNew Living Translation

So on October 2 the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. When our enemies heard of this, all of the nations surrounding us were afraid and lost their confidence. They knew that this work had been done with the help of our God.

KJV 1900King James Version

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.