Nehemiah 4:13 “So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vuln…”

Nehemiah 4:13

So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

World English Bible

Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

American Standard Version

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, and placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.

Darby Translation

I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.

Young's Literal Translation

And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Bible in Basic English

So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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Cross references

“Therefore”

Genesis 32:13–20 2 Chronicles 32:2–8 Psalm 112:5 Matthew 10:16 1 Corinthians 14:20

Genesis 32:13–20 · BSB

Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

2 Chronicles 32:2–8 · BSB

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

Psalm 112:5 · BSB

It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

Matthew 10:16 · BSB

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

1 Corinthians 14:20 · BSB

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

“their swords”

Ephesians 6:11–20 Nehemiah 4:17 Nehemiah 4:18 Song of Solomon 3:7 Song of Solomon 3:8

Ephesians 6:11–20 · BSB

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

Nehemiah 4:17 · BSB

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

Nehemiah 4:18 · BSB

And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

Song of Solomon 3:7 · BSB

Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

Song of Solomon 3:8 · BSB

All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”

14After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not 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.”

Read Nehemiah 4