Nehemiah 4:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Nehemiah 4:10 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Judah saith, `The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish <FI>is<Fi> abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 4:10 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 13:31But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
- Numbers 32:9For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
- 2 Chronicles 2:18Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
- Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Ezekiel 29:18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
- Haggai 1:2that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).