Nehemiah 4:11
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
In context
9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
10 Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
11 And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
12 At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
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.
Nehemiah 4:11 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
- KJV King James Version
- And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
- WEB World English Bible
- Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And our adversaries say, 'They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.