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Nehemiah 4:23

So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.

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ASV

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water.

KJV

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאֵ֨יןve.'Einand notH369 →
אֲנִ֜י'a.NiIH589 →
וְאַחַ֣יve.'a.Chaiand brothers myH251 →
וּנְעָרַ֗יu.ne.'a.Raiand servants myH5288 →
וְאַנְשֵׁ֤יve.'an.Sheiand [the] men ofH582 →
הַמִּשְׁמָר֙ha.mish.Marthe guardH4929 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
אַחֲרַ֔י'a.cha.Rai[were] behind meH310 →
אֵין־'ein-notH369 →
אֲנַ֥חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
פֹשְׁטִ֖יםfo.she.Tim[were] stripping offH6584 →
בְּגָדֵ֑ינוּbe.ga.Dei.nuclothes ourH899 →
אִ֖ישׁ'isheach oneH376 →
שִׁלְח֥וֹshil.Choweapon hisH7973 →
הַמָּֽיִם׃ סha.Ma.yimthe waterH4325 →

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Joel 2:8They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.Nehemiah 4:16And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of JudahNehemiah 5:16Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.Nehemiah 7:2Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.Judges 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:Judges 9:48he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

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