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Néhémie 4:4
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- InternationalParallel Translations
-Écoute, ô notre Dieu, car nous sommes méprisés, et fais retomber leur outrage sur leurs propres têtes, et livre-les au mépris dans un pays de captivité;
Ecoute, ô notre Dieu, comme nous sommes méprisés! Fais retomber leurs insultes sur leur tête, et livre-les au pillage sur une terre où ils soient captifs.
Ô notre Dieu! écoute, comment nous sommes en mépris, et fais retourner leur opprobre sur leur tête, et mets-les en proie dans un pays de captivité.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hear: Psalms 123:3, Psalms 123:4
despised: Heb. despite
turn: 1 Samuel 17:26, Psalms 79:12, Proverbs 3:34, Hosea 12:14
Reciprocal: Judges 12:4 - fugitives 2 Samuel 6:20 - glorious Nehemiah 6:14 - think thou Proverbs 18:3 - General Jeremiah 18:19 - hearken Jeremiah 18:23 - forgive Lamentations 1:22 - all their Lamentations 5:1 - behold Ezekiel 25:6 - rejoiced
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear, O our God, for we are despised,.... Here begins the prayer of Nehemiah, who had been informed of what these men said in contempt of him, and his builders, and to whom he sent no answer, but applied to God:
and turn their reproach upon their own head; as they have despised and reproached us, let them be despised and reproached by their neighbours:
give them for a prey in the land of captivity; let them be carried captive, as we have been, and become a prey and booty to their enemies.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The parenthetical prayers of Nehemiah form one of the most striking characteristics of his history. Here we have the first. Other examples are Nehemiah 5:19; Nehemiah 6:9, Nehemiah 6:14; Nehemiah 13:14, Nehemiah 13:22, Nehemiah 13:29, Nehemiah 13:31.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Nehemiah 4:4. Turn their reproach upon their own head — A prayer of this kind, understood literally, is not lawful for any Christian. Jesus, our great master, has said, "Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you; and pray for them that despitefully use you." Such sayings as the above are excusable in the mouth of a Jew, under severe irritation. See the next verse.
