Nehemiah 4:4,9
Nehemiah 4:4-5 The Message (MSG)
Nehemiah prayed, “Oh listen to us, dear God. We’re so despised: Boomerang their ridicule on their heads; have their enemies cart them off as war trophies to a land of no return; don’t forgive their iniquity, don’t wipe away their sin—they’ve insulted the builders!”
Nehemiah 4:7-9 The Message (MSG)
When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairs of the walls of Jerusalem were going so well—that the breaks in the wall were being fixed—they were absolutely furious. They put their heads together and decided to fight against Jerusalem and create as much trouble as they could. We countered with prayer to our God and set a round-the-clock guard against them.
Nehemiah 4:4 King James Version (KJV)
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity
Nehemiah 4:9 King James Version (KJV)
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah 4:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Hear, O our God, how we are despised! Return their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity.
Nehemiah 4:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:4 New Century Version (NCV)
I prayed, “Hear us, our God. We are hated. Turn the insults of Sanballat and Tobiah back on their own heads. Let them be captured and stolen like valuables.
Nehemiah 4:9 New Century Version (NCV)
But we prayed to our God and appointed guards to watch for them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity
Nehemiah 4:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah 4:4 New International Version (NIV)
Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
Nehemiah 4:9 New International Version (NIV)
But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.
Nehemiah 4:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity!
Nehemiah 4:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
[And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, how we are despised! Return their taunts on their own heads. Give them up as prey in a land of captivity.
Nehemiah 4:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.
Nehemiah 4:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land!
Nehemiah 4:9 New Living Translation (NLT)
But we prayed to our God and guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves.