Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
New American Standard Bible
Thus
“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,
Yet there is much
And we ourselves are unable
To rebuild the wall.”
King James Version
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Holman Bible
In Judah, it was said:
since there is so much rubble.
We will never be able
to rebuild the wall.
International Standard Version
Meanwhile, the people of Judah said, "The builders are tired and there's so much rubble that we can't reconstruct the wall!"
A Conservative Version
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens has become feeble, and there is much rubbish, so that we are not able to build the wall.
American Standard Version
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Amplified
Then [the leaders of] Judah said,
And there is much rubble;
We ourselves are unable
To rebuild the wall.”
Darby Translation
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.
Julia Smith Translation
And Judah will say, The strength of the bearer was weak, and the dust much; and we shall not be able to build upon the wall.
King James 2000
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is failing, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Judah said, "The strength of the carriers is failing, and there is too much dirt, and we are not able to build at the wall."
Modern King James verseion
And Judah said, The strength of the carriers of burdens is weakening, and there is much rubbish, so that we are not able to build the wall.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Judah said, "The strength of the bearers is too feeble, and there is too much dust, we are not able to build on the wall."
NET Bible
Then those in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall."
New Heart English Bible
Judah said, "The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall."
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Judah, The strength of the burden-bearer faileth, and, the rubbish, aboundeth, - and, we, are not able to build at the wall;
Webster
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
World English Bible
Judah said, "The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Judah saith, 'The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish is abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.'
Themes
Discouragement » The difficulty of the task
Hindrances » To spiritual progress » Discouraged men opposed the building of the wall of jerusalem
modern Samaria » Inhabitants of » Opposed the jews after their return from captivity
Interlinear
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Kashal
Rabah
Yakol
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 4:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nehemiah Overcomes Opposition From Sanballat
9 But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them. 10 And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall. 11 And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.
Names
Cross References
Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
Numbers 32:9
For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.
2 Chronicles 2:18
Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.
Psalm 11:1-2
In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?
Ezekiel 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do hard work against Tyre, and the hair came off every head and every arm was rubbed smooth: but he and his army got no payment out of Tyre for the hard work which he had done against it.
Haggai 1:2
These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.