Nehemiah 4:11
World English Bible (WEB)
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
In context
9 But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.
10 Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”
11 Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
12 When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
13 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.
Nehemiah 4:11 in every translation
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.