Nehemiah 4:1
World English Bible (WEB)
But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
In context
1 But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
2 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
Nehemiah 4:1 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
- KJV King James Version
- But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
- ASV American Standard Version
- But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.