Nehemiah 4:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.”
Nehemiah 4:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 4:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 4:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 4:13 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 4:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.”
Nehemiah 4:13 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 4:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.”
Nehemiah 4:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 4:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.”
Nehemiah 4:13 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 4:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, and placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.”
Nehemiah 4:13 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 4:13 in Context — Nehemiah 4
11 Et nos ennemis disaient: Ils ne sauront et ne verront rien jusqu’à ce que nous arrivions au milieu d’eux; nous les tuerons, et nous ferons ainsi cesser l’ouvrage.
12 Or les Juifs qui habitaient près d’eux vinrent dix fois nous avertir, de tous les lieux d’où ils se rendaient vers nous.
13 C’est pourquoi je plaçai, dans les enfoncements derrière la muraille et sur des terrains secs, le peuple par familles, tous avec leurs épées, leurs lances et leurs arcs.
14 Je regardai, et m’étant levé, je dis aux grands, aux magistrats, et au reste du peuple: Ne les craignez pas! Souvenez-vous du Seigneur, grand et redoutable, et combattez pour vos frères, pour vos fils et vos filles, pour vos femmes et pour vos maisons!
15 Lorsque nos ennemis apprirent que nous étions avertis, Dieu anéantit leur projet, et nous retournâmes tous à la muraille, chacun à son ouvrage.
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What Does Nehemiah 4:13 Mean?
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