Nehemiah 4:4 - Compare All Versions
Nehemiah 4:4-5 MSG (The Message)
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 4:4 KJV (King James Version)
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 4:4 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
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 4:4 NCV (New Century Version)
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 4:4 ASV (American Standard Version)
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 4:4 NIV (New International Version)
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 4:4 NKJV (New King James Version)
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 4:4 AMP (Amplified Bible)
[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 4:4 NLT (New Living Translation)
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 4:4 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.