Nehemiah 4:5

King James Version (KJV)

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

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3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

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

7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

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Nehemiah 4:5 in every translation

KJV King James Version: And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
WEB World English Bible: Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
ASV American Standard Version: and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger — over-against those building.
DBY Darby Translation: And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
WBS Webster Bible: And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.