Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
WEB
So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
YLT
And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
DBT
Then we prayed to ourGod, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
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