Nehemiah 4:5 — Bible Verse (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.”
Nehemiah 4:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 4:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 4:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.””
Nehemiah 4:5 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 4:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Nehemiah 4:5 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 4:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Nehemiah 4:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 4:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.”
Nehemiah 4:5 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 4:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.”
Nehemiah 4:5 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 4:5 in Context — Nehemiah 4
3 Y estaba junto á él Tobías Ammonita, el cual dijo: Aun lo que ellos edifican, si subiere una zorra derribará su muro de piedra.
4 Oye, oh Dios nuestro, que somos en menosprecio, y vuelve el baldón de ellos sobre su cabeza, y dalos en presa en la tierra de su cautiverio:
5 Y no cubras su iniquidad, ni su pecado sea raído delante de tu rostro; porque se airaron contra los que edificaban.
6 Edificamos pues el muro, y toda la muralla fué junta hasta su mitad: y el pueblo tuvo ánimo para obrar.
7 Mas acaeció que oyendo Sanballat y Tobías, y los Arabes, y los Ammonitas, y los de Asdod, que los muros de Jerusalem eran reparados, porque ya los portillos comenzaban á cerrarse, encolerizáronse mucho;
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What Does Nehemiah 4:5 Mean?
Nehemiah 4:5 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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