KJVSo we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.
And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.
Nehemiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
N E H E M I A H CHAP. IV. We left all hands at work for the building of the wall about Jerusalem. But such good work is not wont to be carried on without opposition; now here we are told what opposition was given to it, and what…