Nehemiah 4:23

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“So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.”

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Read Nehemiah 4:23 in the flow of Nehemiah4 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Nehemiah4 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 went with his weapon to the water.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and there are none--I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who <FI>are<Fi> after me--there are none of us putting off our garments, each <FI>hath<Fi> his vessel of water.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 4:23 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
  2. Judges 9:48he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
  3. Nehemiah 5:16Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
  4. Nehemiah 7:2Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
  5. Joel 2:8They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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