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Nehemiah 4:10

Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand it saidH559 →
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
כָּשַׁל֙ka.Shalit has failedH3782 →
כֹּ֣חַKo.ach[the] strength ofH3581 →
הַסַּבָּ֔לha.sa.Balthe burden-bearer[s]H5449 →
וְהֶעָפָ֖רve.he.'a.Farand the debrisH6083 →
הַרְבֵּ֑הhar.Beh[is] muchH7235 →
וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙va.'a.Nach.nuand weH587 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
נוּכַ֔לnu.Khalwe will be ableH3201 →
לִבְנ֖וֹתliv.Notto rebuildH1129 →
בַּחוֹמָֽה׃ba.cho.Mah<on> the wallH2346 →

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2 Chronicles 34:13were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.2 Chronicles 2:18Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.Numbers 13:31But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”Haggai 1:2that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”Ezekiel 29:18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.Numbers 32:9For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.Psalms 11:1–2In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!Nehemiah 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”Psalms 102:14For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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