尼希米记 4:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

參巴拉的惱恨與譏笑當參巴拉聽見我們正在重建城牆，就很忿怒，非常惱恨，並且譏諷猶大人。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
参 巴 拉 听 见 我 们 修 造 城 墙 就 发 怒 ， 大 大 恼 恨 ， 嗤 笑 犹 大 人 ，

Contextual Overview

¹ When Sanballat heard we were rebuilding the wall, he was very angry, even furious. He made fun of the Jewish people. ² He said to his friends and those with power in Samaria, "What are these weak Jews doing? Will they rebuild the wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Can they finish it in one day? Can they bring stones back to life from piles of trash and ashes?" ³ Tobiah the Ammonite, who was next to Sanballat, said, "If a fox climbed up on the stone wall they are building, it would break it down." ⁴ 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. ⁵ Do not hide their guilt or take away their sins so that you can't see them, because they have insulted the builders." ⁶ So we rebuilt the wall to half its height, because the people were willing to work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Sanballat: Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 2:19, Ezra 4:1-5, Acts 5:17

mocked: Psalms 35:15, Psalms 35:16, Psalms 44:13, Psalms 44:14, Matthew 27:29, Hebrews 11:36

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:9 - mocking 1 Kings 9:7 - and Israel 2 Chronicles 7:20 - a proverb Nehemiah 4:7 - Sanballat Nehemiah 6:1 - when Sanballat Nehemiah 6:15 - fifty Nehemiah 6:16 - when all our enemies Psalms 79:4 - scorn Proverbs 22:10 - General Isaiah 58:12 - build Jeremiah 30:17 - they John 4:9 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."

Genesis 4:25
Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth and said, "God has given me another child. He will take the place of Abel, who was killed by Cain."

Genesis 5:29
Lamech named his son Noah and said, "He will comfort us in our work, which comes from the ground the Lord has cursed."

Numbers 31:17
Kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations.

1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother did were good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall,.... Or were building it; for as yet it was not finished, see Nehemiah 4:6,

he was wroth, and took great indignation; inwardly, though outwardly he pretended to treat the work with contempt, as if it never would be accomplished, which yet he feared:

and mocked the Jews; as a set of foolish builders, and unable to finish what they had begun.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IV

Sanballat and Tobiah mock the Jews, and endeavour to prevent

the completing of the wall, 1-3.

Nehemiah prays against them, and the people complete one half of

the wall, 4-6.

The Arabians, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, conspire together, and

come to fight against the Jews, 7, 8.

The Jews commend themselves to God, and determine to fight for

their lives and liberties; on hearing of which their enemies are

disheartened, 9-16.

The Jews divide themselves into two bands; one half working, and

the other standing ready armed to meet their enemies. Even the

workmen are obliged to arm themselves, while employed in

building, for fear of their enemies, 17, 18.

Nehemiah uses all precautions to prevent a surprise; and all

labour with great fervour in the work, 19-22.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV