KJV King James Version
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
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Nehemiah 4:22
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
WEB World English Bible
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
ASV American Standard Version
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Also, at that time I said to the people, ‘Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day for the work:’
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 4
19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20 In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off for washing.
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גַּ֣םH1571 · gamalsoבָּעֵ֤תH6256 · ettimeהַהִיא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itאָמַ֣רְתִּיH559 · a.marto sayלָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeopleאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanוְנַעֲר֔וֹH5288 · na.aryouthיָלִ֖ינוּH3885 · lunto lodgeבְּת֣וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוְהָֽיוּ־H1961 · ha.yahto beלָ֧נוּH9035 · nuusהַלַּ֛יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightמִשְׁמָ֖רH4929 · mish.marcustodyוְהַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayמְלָאכָֽה׃H4399 · me.la.khahwork
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