Nehemiah 4:9 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 4:9

So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

BSB

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ASV

But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

KJV

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Because of them - Or, “over against them,” i. e. opposite to the place where they were encamped, probably on the north side of the city.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Having prayed, he set a watch against them. The instructions Christ has given us in our spiritual warfare agree with this example, Matt. xxvi. If we think to secure ourselves by prayer only, without watchfulness, we are slothful and tempt God; if by watchfulness, without prayer, we are proud and slight God; and, either way, we forfeit his protection.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2254: “The Two Guards Praying and Watching” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1892)

NEHEMIAH and the Jews with him were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Sanballat and others were angry with them and tried to stop the work. They determined to pounce upon the people on a sudden and slay them—and so put an end to what they were doing. Our text tells us what Nehemiah and his companions did in this emergency—"Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them." These people had not only to build the wall of Jerusalem, but to watch against their enemies at the same time.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל	va.nit.pa.Lel	and we prayed	H6419 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד	va.na.'a.Mid	and we stationed	H5975 →
מִשְׁמָ֧ר	mish.Mar	a guard	H4929 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →
יוֹמָ֥ם	yo.Mam	by day	H3119 →
וָלַ֖יְלָה	va.Lay.lah	and night	H3915 →
מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃	mi.pe.nei.Hem	<from> because of them	H6440 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:11
  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- James 4:7
  Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Ephesians 4:27
  and do not give the devil a foothold.
- Job 2:2
  “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- 1 Peter 1:13
  Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Through
Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
leads to
- Psalms 107:28
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalms 91:15
  When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Psalms 34:3–4
  Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.

About Nehemiah

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

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Nehemiah