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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Nehemiah 4:20
Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Wherever you hear the trumpet sound, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
Wherever you hear the trumpet sound, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
Hebrew Names Version
in whatever place you hear the sound of the shofar, resort you there to us; our God will fight for us.
in whatever place you hear the sound of the shofar, resort you there to us; our God will fight for us.
King James Version
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
English Standard Version
In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
New Century Version
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, assemble there. Our God will fight for us."
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, assemble there. Our God will fight for us."
New English Translation
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!"
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!"
Amplified Bible
"Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather to us there. Our God will fight for us."
"Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather to us there. Our God will fight for us."
New American Standard Bible
"At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, assemble to us there. Our God will fight for us."
"At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, assemble to us there. Our God will fight for us."
World English Bible
in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you there to us; our God will fight for us.
in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you there to us; our God will fight for us.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shall fight for vs.
In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shall fight for vs.
Legacy Standard Bible
At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, there gather together to us. Our God will fight for us."
At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, there gather together to us. Our God will fight for us."
Berean Standard Bible
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!"
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!"
Contemporary English Version
If you hear the sound of the trumpet, come quickly and gather around me. Our God will help us fight."
If you hear the sound of the trumpet, come quickly and gather around me. Our God will help us fight."
Complete Jewish Bible
But when Sanvalat, Toviyah, the Arabs, the ‘Amonim and the Ashdodim heard that the repairs on the walls of Yerushalayim were going forward, and the breaks were being filled in, they became very angry. All of them together plotted to come and fight against Yerushalayim and thus throw us into confusion. However, we prayed to our God and, because of them, organized a watch against them day and night. Y'hudah was saying, "The strength of the people who carry loads away is starting to fail, and there is so much rubble that we can't build the wall." Our enemies were saying, "They won't know or see anything, until we have already infiltrated them and begun killing them and stopping the work." And even the Judeans living near them came and must have said to us ten times, "From every place you must come back to us." So in the lower parts of the space behind the wall, I stationed men according to their families, with their swords, spears and bows. After inspecting them, I stood up and addressed the nobles, leaders and the rest of the people: "Don't be afraid of them! Remember Adonai, who is great and fearful; and fight for your brothers, sons, daughters, wives and homes." When our enemies heard that the plot was known to us, and God had foiled their plans, we all returned to the wall, everyone to his work. From then on, half of my men would do the work; and half of them held the spears, shields, bows and armor; while the leaders stood guard behind the entire house of Y'hudah, as they continued building the wall. Those who carried loads held their loads with one hand and carried a weapon in the other. As for the construction-workers, each one had his sword sheathed at his side; that is how they built. The man to sound the alarm on the shofar stayed with me. I said to the nobles, the leaders and the rest of the people, "This is a great work, and it is spread out; we are separated on the wall, one far from another. But wherever you are, when you hear the sound of the shofar, come to that place, to us. Our God will fight for us!" So we kept doing the work. Half of them held spears from daybreak until the stars appeared. Also at that time I told the people, "Let everyone with a servant stay the night within Yerushalayim, so that at night they can be a guard for us, even as they work during the day." I, my kinsmen, my servants and my bodyguards never took off our clothes, and everyone who went to get water took his weapon.
But when Sanvalat, Toviyah, the Arabs, the ‘Amonim and the Ashdodim heard that the repairs on the walls of Yerushalayim were going forward, and the breaks were being filled in, they became very angry. All of them together plotted to come and fight against Yerushalayim and thus throw us into confusion. However, we prayed to our God and, because of them, organized a watch against them day and night. Y'hudah was saying, "The strength of the people who carry loads away is starting to fail, and there is so much rubble that we can't build the wall." Our enemies were saying, "They won't know or see anything, until we have already infiltrated them and begun killing them and stopping the work." And even the Judeans living near them came and must have said to us ten times, "From every place you must come back to us." So in the lower parts of the space behind the wall, I stationed men according to their families, with their swords, spears and bows. After inspecting them, I stood up and addressed the nobles, leaders and the rest of the people: "Don't be afraid of them! Remember Adonai, who is great and fearful; and fight for your brothers, sons, daughters, wives and homes." When our enemies heard that the plot was known to us, and God had foiled their plans, we all returned to the wall, everyone to his work. From then on, half of my men would do the work; and half of them held the spears, shields, bows and armor; while the leaders stood guard behind the entire house of Y'hudah, as they continued building the wall. Those who carried loads held their loads with one hand and carried a weapon in the other. As for the construction-workers, each one had his sword sheathed at his side; that is how they built. The man to sound the alarm on the shofar stayed with me. I said to the nobles, the leaders and the rest of the people, "This is a great work, and it is spread out; we are separated on the wall, one far from another. But wherever you are, when you hear the sound of the shofar, come to that place, to us. Our God will fight for us!" So we kept doing the work. Half of them held spears from daybreak until the stars appeared. Also at that time I told the people, "Let everyone with a servant stay the night within Yerushalayim, so that at night they can be a guard for us, even as they work during the day." I, my kinsmen, my servants and my bodyguards never took off our clothes, and everyone who went to get water took his weapon.
Darby Translation
in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.
in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.
Easy-to-Read Version
So if you hear the trumpet, run to that place. We will all meet together there, and our God will fight for us!"
So if you hear the trumpet, run to that place. We will all meet together there, and our God will fight for us!"
George Lamsa Translation
In what place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, come to us there; our God shall fight for us.
In what place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, come to us there; our God shall fight for us.
Good News Translation
If you hear the bugle, gather around me. Our God will fight for us."
If you hear the bugle, gather around me. Our God will fight for us."
Lexham English Bible
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, come together to us there. Our God will fight for us."
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, come together to us there. Our God will fight for us."
Literal Translation
In whatever place you hear the sound of the ram's horn, gather there to us. Our God will fight for us.
In whatever place you hear the sound of the ram's horn, gather there to us. Our God will fight for us.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Loke in what place now ye heare the noise of ye trompe, resorte ye thither vnto vs. Oure God shal fight for vs,
Loke in what place now ye heare the noise of ye trompe, resorte ye thither vnto vs. Oure God shal fight for vs,
American Standard Version
in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.
in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Loke in what place therefore ye heare the noyse of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs, and our God shall fight for vs:
Loke in what place therefore ye heare the noyse of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs, and our God shall fight for vs:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="neh.4.1" class="versetxt"> But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth; and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein. But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 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.' And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.' And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times: 'Ye must return unto us from all places.' Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people: 'Be not ye afraid of them; remember the Lord, who is great and awful, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.' And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. They that builded the wall and they that bore burdens laded themselves, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon; and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the horn was by me. And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people: 'The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another; in what place soever ye hear the sound of the horn, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.' So we wrought in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Likewise at the same time said I unto the people: 'Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.' So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one that went to the water had his weapon.
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="neh.4.1" class="versetxt"> But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth; and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein. But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 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.' And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.' And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times: 'Ye must return unto us from all places.' Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people: 'Be not ye afraid of them; remember the Lord, who is great and awful, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.' And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. They that builded the wall and they that bore burdens laded themselves, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon; and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the horn was by me. And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people: 'The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another; in what place soever ye hear the sound of the horn, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.' So we wrought in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Likewise at the same time said I unto the people: 'Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.' So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one that went to the water had his weapon.
King James Version (1611)
In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shal fight for vs.
In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shal fight for vs.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In whatsoever place ye shall hear the sound of the cornet, thither gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us.
In whatsoever place ye shall hear the sound of the cornet, thither gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us.
English Revised Version
in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God shall fight for us.
in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God shall fight for us.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in what euer place ye heren the sown of the trumpe, renne ye togidere thidur to vs; for oure God schal fiyte for vs.
in what euer place ye heren the sown of the trumpe, renne ye togidere thidur to vs; for oure God schal fiyte for vs.
Update Bible Version
in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort there to us; our God will fight for us.
in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort there to us; our God will fight for us.
Webster's Bible Translation
In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither to us: our God will fight for us.
In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither to us: our God will fight for us.
New King James Version
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
New Living Translation
When you hear the blast of the trumpet, rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will fight for us!"
When you hear the blast of the trumpet, rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will fight for us!"
New Life Bible
In whatever place you hear the sound of the horn, gather together to us there. Our God will fight for us."
In whatever place you hear the sound of the horn, gather together to us there. Our God will fight for us."
New Revised Standard
Rally to us wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet. Our God will fight for us."
Rally to us wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet. Our God will fight for us."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In what place soever ye shall hear the sound of the horn, thither, gather yourselves unto us, - our God, will fight for us.
In what place soever ye shall hear the sound of the horn, thither, gather yourselves unto us, - our God, will fight for us.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
Revised Standard Version
In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
Young's Literal Translation
in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'
in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
"At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
Contextual Overview
16 And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah. 17 Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other; 18 Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn. 19 And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall: 20 Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us. 21 So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen. 22 And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day. 23 So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
our God: Exodus 14:14, Exodus 14:25, Deuteronomy 1:30, Deuteronomy 3:22, Deuteronomy 20:4, Joshua 23:10, Zechariah 14:3
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:11 - General 1 Chronicles 5:22 - the war was of God 1 Chronicles 19:12 - If the Syrians Psalms 35:1 - fight Ezekiel 33:3 - he blow
Cross-References
Genesis 4:2
Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.
Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.
Genesis 4:4
And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;
And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;
Genesis 4:5
But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.
But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.
Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
Genesis 4:12
No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.
Genesis 25:27
And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet,.... Be it what part of the wall soever they were at work, even the most distant:
resort ye thither to us; to Nehemiah, and the half of his servants armed, where the trumpet was blown; that was to be the place of rendezvous:
our God shall fight for us; and give us victory over our enemies; none have any reason to be intimidated, when they shall hear the sound of the trumpet.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. Ye hear the sound of the trumpet — As the walls were very extensive, and the workmen consequently much scattered, their enemies might easily attack and destroy them successively, he therefore ordered them all to work as near to each other as they could; and himself, who was everywhere surveying the work, kept a trumpeter always with him, who was to sound when the enemy approached; and all were instantly to run to the place where they heard the sound.
