So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo 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.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC