Nehemiah 4:4
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 4:4 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 4:4 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 4:4 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 4:4 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 4:4 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 4:4 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 4:4 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.