Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Instead, 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.
And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;
Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.
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