1 But it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , that when H834 RPRO Sanballat H5571 heard H8085 that H3588 CONJ we H587 PPRO-1MP built H1129 the wall H2346 , he was wroth H2734 W-VQY3MS , and took great indignation H3707 , and mocked H3932 the Jews H3064 .
2 And he spoke H559 W-VQY3MS before H6440 L-CMP his brethren H251 NMP-3MS and the army H2428 of Samaria H8111 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , What H4100 IGAT do H6213 these feeble H537 Jews H3064 ? will they fortify H5800 themselves ? will they sacrifice H2076 ? will they make an end H3615 in a day H3117 ? will they revive H2421 the stones H68 out of the heaps H6194 of the rubbish H6083 which H1992 are burned H8313 ?
3 Now Tobiah H2900 the Ammonite H5984 was by H681 him , and he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Even H1571 CONJ that which H834 RPRO they H1992 PPRO-3MP build H1129 , if H518 PART a fox H7776 go up H5927 VQY3MS , he shall even break down H6555 their stone H68 wall H2346 .
4 Hear H8085 VQI2MS , O our God H430 ; for H3588 CONJ we are H1961 despised H939 : and turn H7725 their reproach H2781 upon H413 PREP their own head H7218 , and give H5414 them for a prey H961 in the land H776 B-GFS of captivity H7633 :
5 And cover H3680 not H408 W-NPAR their iniquity H5771 , and let not H408 W-NPAR their sin H2403 be blotted out H4229 from before H6440 L-CMP thee : for H3588 CONJ they have provoked thee to anger H3707 before H5048 L-PREP the builders H1129 .
6 So built H1129 we the wall H2346 ; and all H3605 NMS the wall H2346 was joined together H7194 unto H5704 PREP the half H2677 thereof : for the people H5971 had H1961 W-VQY3MS a mind H3820 NMS to work H6213 .
7 But it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , that when H834 Sanballat H5571 , and Tobiah H2900 , and the Arabians H6163 , and the Ammonites H5984 , and the Ashdodites H796 , heard H8085 that H3588 CONJ the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 were made up H5927 VQQ3FS , and that H3588 CONJ the breaches H6555 began H2490 to be stopped H5640 , then they were very H3966 ADV wroth H2734 W-VQY3MS ,
8 And conspired H7194 all H3605 of them together H3162 ADV-3MS to come H935 L-VQFC and to fight H3898 against Jerusalem H3389 , and to hinder H6213 it .
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer H6419 unto H413 PREP our God H430 , and set H5975 a watch H4929 against H5921 PREP-3MP them day H3119 ADV and night H3915 W-NMS , because of them .
10 And Judah H3063 said H559 W-VQY3MS , The strength H3581 CMS of the bearers of burdens H5449 is decayed H3782 , and there is much H7235 VHFA rubbish H6083 ; so that we H587 are not H3808 NADV able H3201 to build H1129 the wall H2346 .
11 And our adversaries H6862 said H559 W-VQY3MP , They shall not H3808 NADV know H3045 , neither H3808 W-NADV see H7200 VQY3MP , till H5704 PREP we come H935 VNQ3MS in H413 PREP the midst among H8432 them , and slay H2026 them , and cause the work H4399 to cease H7673 .
12 And it came to pass H1961 W-VPY3MS , that when H834 RPRO the Jews H3064 which dwelt H3427 by H681 them came H935 VQQ3MP , they said H559 W-VQY3MP unto us ten H6235 MFS times H6471 NFP , From all H3605 M-CMS places H4725 whence H834 RPRO ye shall return H7725 VQY2MP unto H5921 us they will be upon you .
13 Therefore set H5975 I in the lower H8482 places H4725 behind H310 the wall H2346 , and on the higher places H6706 , I even set H5975 the people H5971 after their families H4940 with H5973 PREP their swords H2719 , their spears H7420 , and their bows H7198 .
14 And I looked H7200 , and rose up H6965 , and said H559 W-VQY1MS unto H413 PREP the nobles H2715 , and to H413 PREP the rulers H5461 , and to H413 PREP the rest H3499 of the people H5971 , Be not H408 NPAR ye afraid H3372 of M-CMP-3MP them : remember H2142 the Lord H136 EDS , which is great H1419 D-AMS and terrible H3372 , and fight H3898 for H5921 PREP your brethren H251 , your sons H1121 , and your daughters H1323 , your wives H802 , and your houses H1004 .
15 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , when H834 our enemies H341 heard H8085 VQQ3MP that H3588 CONJ it was known H3045 unto us , and God H430 D-EDP had brought their counsel to naught H6565 , that we returned H7725 all H3605 of us to H413 PREP the wall H2346 , every one H376 NMS unto H413 PREP his work H4399 .
16 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS from H4480 PREP that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS time H3117 D-AMS forth , that the half H2677 of my servants H5288 wrought H6213 in the work H4399 , and the other half H2677 of them held H2388 both the spears H7420 , the shields H4043 , and the bows H7198 , and the habergeons H8302 ; and the rulers H8269 were behind H310 PREP all H3605 NMS the house H1004 CMS of Judah H3063 .
17 They which built H1129 on the wall H2346 , and they that bore H5375 burdens H5447 , with those that laded H6006 , every one with one H259 B-RFS of his hands H3027 CFS-3MS wrought H6213 VQPMS in the work H4399 , and with the other H259 hand held H2388 a weapon H7973 .
18 For the builders H1129 , every one H376 NMS had his sword H2719 girded H631 VWPMP by H5921 PREP his side H4975 , and so built H1129 . And he that sounded H8628 the trumpet H7782 was by H681 me .
19 And I said H559 W-VQY1MS unto H413 PREP the nobles H2715 , and to H413 PREP the rulers H5461 , and to H413 PREP the rest H3499 of the people H5971 , The work H4399 is great H7235 VHFA and large H7342 W-AFS , and we H587 are separated H6504 upon H5921 PREP the wall H2346 , one H376 NMS far H7350 from another H251 .
20 In what H834 RPRO place H4725 B-CMS therefore ye hear H8085 the sound H6963 CMS of the trumpet H7782 , resort H6908 ye thither H8033 ADV-3FS unto H413 us : our God H430 shall fight H3898 for us .
21 So we H587 labored H6213 in the work H4399 : and half H2677 of them held H2388 the spears H7420 from the rising H5927 of the morning H7837 D-NMS till H5704 PREP the stars H3556 D-AMP appeared H3318 .
22 Likewise H1571 CONJ at the same H1931 time H6256 said H559 VQQ1MS I unto the people H5971 , Let every one H376 NMS with his servant H5288 lodge H3885 VQY3MP within H8432 B-NMS Jerusalem H3389 , that in the night H3915 D-AMS they may be H1961 a guard H4929 to us , and labor H4399 on the day H3117 .
23 So neither H369 W-NPAR I H589 PPRO-1MS , nor my brethren H251 , nor my servants H5288 , nor the men H376 NMS of the guard H4929 which H834 RPRO followed H310 me , none H369 NPAR of us H587 PPRO-1MP put off H6584 our clothes H899 , saving that every one H376 NMS put them off H7971 for washing H4325 D-OMD .