KJV King James Version
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
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Nehemiah 4:9
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
WEB World English Bible
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
ASV American Standard Version
But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 4
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,
8 And conspired all of them together to come [and] to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and [there is] much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11 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.
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us [they will be upon you].
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1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Psalm 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.Acts 4:24-30And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.Matthew 26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.Luke 6:11-12And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.2 Kings 19:14-19And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.Nehemiah 4:11And 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.Psalm 55:16-22As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.Genesis 32:9-12And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
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