4:3 |
tNIV | Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—if even a fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!” | Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building— if even a fox climbed climbing up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!” | Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building— if even a fox climbed climbing up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!” |
4:4 |
tNIV | Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. | Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. | Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. |
4:7 |
tNIV | But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. | But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. | But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. |
4:14 |
NIV2011 | After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.” | After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers people, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.” | After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.” |
4:15 |
tNIV | When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to his own work. | When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to his our own work. | When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to his our own work. |
4:22 |
tNIV | At that time I also said to the people, “Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and workmen by day.” | At that time I also said to the people, “Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and workmen as workers by day.” | At that time I also said to the people, “Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and workmen as workers by day.” |