Nehemiah 4:6 “So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half…”

Nehemiah 4:6

So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

World English Bible

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

American Standard Version

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

Geneva Bible 1599

So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.

Darby Translation

But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

Young's Literal Translation

And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

Bible in Basic English

So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.

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Cross references

“had a mind”

Philippians 2:13 Nehemiah 6:15 1 Chronicles 29:3 Hebrews 13:21 1 Chronicles 29:14 Psalm 110:3

Philippians 2:13 · BSB

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

Nehemiah 6:15 · BSB

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

1 Chronicles 29:3 · BSB

Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:

Hebrews 13:21 · BSB

equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Chronicles 29:14 · BSB

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

Psalm 110:3 · BSB

Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

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

In context

5Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

7When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

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